by bit.First,what do you mean by saying that there is no work?" Why,"answered my strange acquaintance,"it died out 26 of itself.Machinery killed it.If I remember rightly,you had a certain amount of machinery even in your time." I nodded assent 27). "But you found it did you no good.The better your machines,the harder you worked.The more things you had,the more you wanted.You were all caught in the cogs ofyour own machine 28." That is quite true,"I said.I nodded assent(27). “But you found it did you no good. The better your machines, the harder you worked. The more things you had, the more you wanted. You were all caught in the cogs of your own machine(28).” “ That is quite true,” I said. by bit. First, what do you mean by saying that there is no work?” “Why,” answered my strange acquaintance, “it died out (26) of itself. Machinery killed it. If I remember rightly, you had a certain amount of machinery even in your time