„Co dělá pan Cobden, co dělá pan Bright, co dělají ostatní členové manchesterské školy v době, kdy je lancasterský lid tak odírán?... Nač myslí boháč? ...Myslí jen na to, jak ještě ošidit dělníka o hodinu nebo o dvě.
“Where was Mr. Cobden, where was Mr. Bright, where were the other members of the Manchester School, when the people of Lancashire were oppressed? .... What was the end of the rich man’s thinking? .... Why, he was scheming how he could defraud the working classes out of an hour or two.