Observations on the Management of the Poor in Scotland: And Its Effects on the Health of the Great Towns (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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The reception with which the First Edition of this Pamphlet has been honoured by the public, and the steps which have been lately taken in Edinburgh to procure a searching Inquiry into the Management of the Poor in Scotland, with a view to its improvement, are enough to shew that one anticipation, at least, which it contained, was well-founded, - viz. that no want of disposition would be found, in a large portion of the inhabitants of Scotland, to attend carefully to the proposals I have made on this subject, - if it be ascertained that where the system which I have recommended is in force, the condition of the lower orders of society is really better than with us.

In attempting to demonstrate the fallacy of the speculative opinion which, as I believe, has thwarted or prevented such improvements as the sense of duty and feelings of humanity would otherwise have introduced before this time into Scotland, I have I been fully aware of the truth and justice of the observation of one of my most respected instructors in science, - that, "when Reason and Philosophy have erred, it is by themselves alone that the error can be corrected." But I am also sensible, that the argument which I have maintained may be placed on a higher ground, and may command the attention of a much larger portion of the community than can take any interest in a merely scientific discussion.

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