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Report Of The Committee On The Subject Of Pauperism And A House Of Industry In The Town Of Boston
A full knowledge of all the pauper relations of the town cannot fail to be useful, and may lead, through the means of recommendation, or by affecting public sentiment, or otherwise, to such a course of proceeding, in relation to the distribution of public bounty as may tend to repress the mischievous effects of that weak and listless sensibility, miscalled benevolence, which scatters its bounty without discrimination, pampering vice, fostering indolence, encouraging audacious pretence, and thus, while it does little, or no good, and sometimes positive injury to the individual, increases, and perpetuates, and makes more troublesome and virulent, the whole mass of pauperism in the community....
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Title: Report Of The Committee On The Subject Of Pauperism And A House Of Industry In The Town Of Boston
Creator: Josiah Quincy (author)
Date: 1821
Format: Government Document
Source: Boston Public Library
Keywords: Aging; Alcohol; Almshouses; Boston, MA; Charity; Children; Cognitive Disability; Crime; Economics; England; Exercise; Government; Government Agencies; Institutions; Josiah Quincy; Labor; Laws & Regulation; Massachusetts; Physical Disability; Policy; Poverty; Prison; Public Welfare; Social Welfare & Communities; Social Welfare & Employment; Work
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations