Whatever may be said in favour of the Victorians, it is pretty generally admitted that few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile of bricks.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The Victorians were widely considered untrustworthy when it came to practical construction tasks like bricklaying.
- In plain terms
- People from the Victorian era were not good at building things with bricks.
- What can you take from it?
- Reputation for manual labor varies by era.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are certain eras better at specific skills?
- How do we judge past skills?
Another view
This is a humorous generalization rather than historical fact.
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