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anpopgst the mass pf the community , shall have rendered thp constant an 4 abundant supply of food a , nd necessaries for all , a matter Qf mathematical certainty , there will no longer exist any nervous ^ vinping under the pressure of taxes . A . U contributions will he cheerfully pa ^ d , when the payers shall be satisfied , that they will be
usefully appropriated for the public benefit . The mere accumulation of property is not its own reward , and in proportion as people shall become more intelligent , they will be inclined to promote useful and beautiful public works , rather than private ostentation . The Greeks of old did so , and neither physically nor mentally will the modern Anglo-Saxons be found inferior to them , when their hidden talents sh ^ U be efficiently drawn forth .
When that day shall arrive , and it may , perchance , be nearer than we deem , we may hope to see glorious learning assume the place $ nd the estimation which is fitted for it ; we may hope to see it pursued for its own sake ,, and not as a mere vehicle of traffic for the sake of what it may produce in the market ; we may hope to see men who tread the paths of useful learning and science ,
provided for at the public expense , instead of the drones and sluggards who at present cumber and render worthless to so great an extent all our public institutions ; we may hope that many a noble head and heart fitted for great undertakings , will be relieved from the drudgery of unprofitable toiling for a bare existence , and be left in leisure and comfort , to pursue those studies which tend to
promote the welfare of mankind . Each man has his vocation which secures him a living , save only the student . The misery of this has been well depicted of late by a self-taught mechanic , whose mental powers have burst the bonds of poverty . * * Oh ! how he feels the depth , the keenness of his curse ! Who shall portray a want like his ? Come , ye poets , with your vivid
personifications , depict me the poor student ' s want ! Want of interest , want of purse , want of friend , want of hope—to want which is to starve . ' The writer who seeks only to please the taste of the public for the time being , without regarding their welfare , is sure of an abundant compensation . The student , the result of whose labours forms an important item in the welfare of mankind , is left
to endure the gnawing pangs of want , because he understands not the process of turning his fellow-creatures to his own account . Many men might be pointed out , who , after contributing largely to the advance of physical science , have been reduced to a state of beggary , not owing to vice , but to that peculiar constitution of mind , which left no room for the exercise of selfishness .
One of the wants of literature , which is as yet unsupplied , is a history of the world from the time that written language was first used ; for , beyond that time it would be profitless to travel into the dim chaos of tradition . An universal dictionary of language * Samuel Downing , Cabinet-maker . Mtohanici Magazine ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1833, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2616/page/23/
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