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Quote by Thomas Burchell
The apprenticeship system is plausible, when superficially observed; but it is found to be little less than infernal when thoroughly known.
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The quote warns that the apprenticeship system may seem reasonable when viewed only from the outside. A closer, fuller understanding reveals something far harsher. “Infernal” is figurative here: it presents the system as deeply oppressive or painful, not merely imperfect. The contrast between “superficially observed” and “thoroughly known” stresses how limited first impressions can conceal serious problems.
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- Memoir of Thomas Burchell, by William Fitzer Burchell (1849)
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