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IN the building of the Jewish tabernacle some 3500 years ago a very high order of skill was demanded, and implied not only all manner of workmanship in metals, stones, and wood, every kind of cunning work, but also wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. The spirit of Bezaleel has persisted down to this day, and there are still clever workmen, possibly more in Great Britain than in any other country, unspoiled by excessive specialism, highly trained in hand and brain, and of dependable character. But, as Prof. Marshall has observed, skill is a very elastic and relative term, and has varying standards according to the state of general education among a people, their progress in industrialism, and their gifts of mother-wit or native sagacity.
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Craftsmanship in Modern Industry. Nature 124, 253–255 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124253a0
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