Author : Thomas Chalmers
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ISBN 13 : 9781331970286
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)
Book Synopsis A Speech by : Thomas Chalmers
Download or read book A Speech written by Thomas Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Speech: Delivered on the 24th of May, 1822, Before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Explanatory of the Measures Which Have Been Successfully Pursued in St. John's Parish Glasgow, for the Extinction of Its Compulsory Pauperism' With an Appendix The special interest which attaches at present to the question of Pauperism, induces me, not to prepare any new composition on the subject, but to present a compilation of certain Tracts published by me some years ago, and in the principles of which I still retain unabated confidence; verified as they have been by a most decisive experience, in regard both to the evils of the compulsory system when persevered in, and to the perfect facility of its piece-meal or successive abolition. I might have inserted, in this little collection, my "Evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of a Poor-Law for Ireland." But as this has been recently published by another, in conjunction with that of Dr. Doyle's on the same topic, I satisfy myself with simply referring to that little work, and with the notice, that I have found the minutes of my examination, as there given, to have been very little curtailed, and to be substantially correct. The first of the ensuing Tracts, relates to the commencement of an experiment made by myself in Glasgow; and the second relates the conclusive success of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
