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AN INTERESTING BLUE BOOK. 879
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order . dangerous A population to public morall interests y cripp than led one and ph enfeeble ysically d so . was Thence even
more Fairl the next y worke step d in these factory have leg been islation fairl — y the successful educational ; where provisions the em- .
p is loyer point has co onl - , operated at which , as nearly legislation as possible fails ; that comp is letel in y securing so . There the
refuse co- one operation or of lect y the to parents send their . In children a vast to number school of , until cases they par have ents neg
begun , to -work , and , are therefore forced to send them . With the increased The hysical intelli improvement gence of another of our factory generation workers this may has pass been away consi- .
derable p and this of itself gives release from terribly selfish necessities . , But the direction in which improvement must , be wrought evilsWhat
want is the very moral is . a apparent generation _resxionsibilities , clearl of y working of indicated parentage men by and existing who women shall who not . shall be fettered accept we
, b and y _" the bodies lowest of ph their ysical children necessities and to enslave put a price them upon to i the gnorance souls
and disease . The , nation that permits such a state of things shares the guilt and the punishment extension . . We are of the but beginning les * to of
• work clear of bothand every princip factory evilthe leg waste islation of is life a , step and in of the labor rig power ht direction , was the . first The p thing hysical 1 to
which , a remedy was applied . Then it was acknowledged that the enment physical evil calle had d its in source to rouse in moral the human wrong * , conscience and the aid which of enli alon ght e -
was at could which counteract we have it arrived . The p where etition the of parents the pitinen desir indicates e the co-op the eration point
of the public in an act of , free discipline . It is on the spread of this spirit that the further progress of the peop much le depends insisted .
remed Industrial for various Education social evils has of latel no y li been ht order . It seems on to have as a d y , nearla lete failure . g The instances in which it
prove has .. partiall very y succeeded y comp have been in boys' schools and among the 3 hildren * of reformatories . In the former it has acted as a recreahas trained the b
tivebeing chiefly confined to outdoor work , and oys fco alertness , and strength lace as athletic of home games might hav When e done it . has In been the
Latterit has taken the p training . introduced parties , . The into teacher schools has for been girls discontented , it has given , the dissatisfaction parents have to dis all
approved it was meant , and to the remed children y are have . very made pressing little . progress The the want . Yet of dome the evils stic
management but to it can be not traced only seriousl a great y amount inconveniences of intemperance working , improvi man - , and disease
lence The public tidy and house house mis enable ery and , and well him no -prepare to small join d amount the meal friendl keep of y pauperism the societ husband y or to invest from the in .
: he savings - b , ank , and so to meet the turns of trade from his own
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An Interesting Blue Book. 879
AN INTERESTING BLUE BOOK . 879
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 379, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/19/
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