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NYM(G.769.135
13 Nov 1769:112 (942)
That the Industry of the Poor intitle them to Relief. . . [2
columns, in 2nd] I say, though we have health, though we
have riches to purchase the amusements of a stage, or a
horse-race, and though we can boast the advantages of the
most polite, the most elegant companions the country can
afford, yet in the enjoyment of all these things, the mind
is so far from being satisfied, that it is frequently in a
state of the keenest uneasiness and discontent. If this be
true, is it not highly reasonable, that the gentlemen, the
ladies, the youth of both sexes, who have so long
endeavoured to acquire pleasure and satisfaction from such
amusements, as their own experience has taught them were
ineffectual to produce them, should substitute some other
method of conduct, where, in the paths of true joy and
happiness, their active minds could be assured of more
success?. . . [16 more lines, signed:] R. H.
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