Evil Exists In The World Not To

To Estimate The Value Of Newton's Discoveries, Or The Delight Communicated By Shakespeare And Milton, By The Price At Which Their Works Have Sold, Would Be But A Poor Measure Of The Degree In Which They Have Elevated And Enchanted Their Country; Nor Would It Be Less Grovelling And Incongruous To Estimate The Benefit Which The Country Has Derived From The Revolution Of 1688, By The Pay Of The Soldiers, And All Other Payments Concerned In Effecting It.

The Perpetual Tendency Of The Race Of Man To Increase Beyond The Means Of Subsistence Is One Of The General Laws Of Animated Nature, Which We Can Have No Reason To Expect To Change.

The Rich, By Unfair Combinations, Contribute Frequently To Prolong A Season Of Distress Among The Poor.

To Prevent The Recurrence Of Misery Is, Alas! Beyond The Power Of Man.

To Remedy The Frequent Distresses Of The Common People, The Poor Laws Of England Have Been Instituted; But It Is To Be Feared That Though They May Have Alleviated A Little The Intensity Of Individual Misfortune, They Have Spread The General Evil Over A Much Larger Surface.