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b « ti nssociates iwere in i $ « fc ^ mWg th is i i nstiitrtioft * f $ fre stitt ^ giyes & warm and decided preference to day schools \ not meraljr on the gfo ; und ; of being able by their means more widely to diffuse the benefits of instruction , but as ifi many respects far more beneficial
to tiie individuals instructed $ and faavittg ., in our judgment , on this jnat-erial point fully made out her casersbe goes on to plead for using aik means to qualify females educated ? in eharity schools , for servants , intpreference to binding them out ** $ ap ^ reiatices : h ere she paints in JStfongicalours the hardships , difficulties , and temptations of the jfroral kind , to which they are too
? jjdjBerally exposed in the latter , dc ? Bdkiftn ; and seems desirous , if ^ fb sb rbl e , entirely to abolish a < jpmctw& which she considers as fcqtiMIy dangerous to the morals f erfd ^\ teH-ibeing of all parties con . ieeiined > i and shall we not
coincide hi her opinion when we consider , that those who apply for gifls on these terms , expect to be icdnsiderable gainers by the bargain , and are generally keepers
i&f rinferior lodging-houses , alehousesv ^ or the very lowest shop-Jbeepers ; and who are further sti-MUlated by that ensnaring ambition-so natural to the human
heart / ' ( so prevalent at least in cfrijmequence of our corrupt habits ) " of possessing unjust authority , and of daily contemplating some wretched human being still lower than himself , [ themselves ] over whom he [ they ] may tyrannize with impunity . "
Several affecting instances « tre adduced to prove the miserable res tilts which have arisen from this practice , and * ve hap& jour author ' s jurguments on this point , will be
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seriously weighed by all who hare iitfftuencte over the destination oT the female children of the poor . Those brought up ia the Found * Rug i H'ospital are particularly con * sidered ; and it is suggested , we
think most rationally , that tire place affords peculiarly favourable means of forming < nursery maids , attendants upon children- * young ladies' dressers in boarding schools ,
&c . An outline of the necessary arrangements for forwarding sueh a plan is sketched out , and it appears well worthy of serious consideration , ?
On the subject of benefit socifcities Mrs . C . is well qualified to speak , and adding her suffrage ih their favour , to tbat of all tbe humane and ; enlightened pact of mankind , she endeavours % 0 l give them a firmer foundation ; in I tee
land , by poioting o **{ sgm&hQf the principal causes * d ( tteir feel--ure , * and by striving to ? lf je » - tablish a few principles respGCtiug their regulation , whicbv ought
strictly to be adhered to «?* j * u * cr : ?> This is a valuable part of the work , and we hope may be the means of reforming and rendering
permanently beneficial * many of those well-intended , butiilW ^ jdstructed insticutions , which for 4 < lack of knowledge * ' in their firtt formers * are little calculated for
endurance ; and after holding # ift delusive hopes to their m ^ inb ^ n , in the lime of youth » Tid Jhealtlt ; totter to their lull under the pre « - sure which thfe evil days of sicjkneas and old age must too surely bring upon thecn # ] » ( , i a-To this succeeds ^ a ^ xce ] J < jiit
chapter on hospitaU ^ 9 Sm mfiraiariee i stating tbe importfttH ^ ^ lady visitors tp th ^ fepaale& ** $ ' $ *' The expediency of this » it appears
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42 b Review . —Mr ^ . Cavp t * s Thoughts on Charitable Institutions ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 426, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/42/
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