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Excerpt from Blessed Are Ye That Sow Beside All Waters!: A Lay Sermon, Addressed to the Higher and Middle Classes, on the Existing Distresses and Discontents
A truth, that should not however he said, save in the spirit Of charity, and, w1th the. P'alliating reflection, that this very imp'rovidence has hitherto been, though not the inevitable, yet the 'natural result Of Poverty' and the Poor L'aws.' With what gratitude I venerate my country and its laws, my humble publications from the fears IN solitude printed in 1798, to the present discourse bear witness - Yet the poor.laws and the.revenue! - if I permitted myself to dwell on these exclusively, I should be tempted to fancy that the domestic seals were put in commission and entrusted to argus, Briareus, and Caeus; as lords Of the commonalty. Alas! It is easy to see the evil; but to imagine a remedy is difficult in exact pro portion to the experience and good sense Of the seeker.. That excellent man, Mr. Perceval, whom I regard as the best and wisest statesman, this country has possessed since the revolution (i judge only from his measures and, the reports Of his speeches in parliament: for I never, saw him that Iknow of) went into the ministry, with the design as well as the wish Of abolishing lotteries. I was. Present at a table, when this intention was announced by a venerable relative of the departed statesman, _who loved and honored the man, but widely dissented from him as a politician. Except myself, all present were partizans of the opposition; but all avowed their determination on this score alone, as a great moral precedent, to support, the new minister. - What was the result '2 Two lotteries, in the first year instead of one! The door of thv cabinet, has a quality the most opposite to the Ivory Gate of Virgik It suffers no dreams to pass through it. Alas! As far. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
