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framed, how numerous are the objects of such fraud and oppres- 

 sion ! creatures, which like our insect " Stone-masons ''' and 

 " Tent-makers ''' have to "begin life by labour ; but, unlike them, 

 are robbed, through excess of it, of the best reward of toil the 

 quiet repose, the relished meal, the open air and cheering sun- 

 shine. The Clothes-moth weaver rests in the midst of plenty ; 

 but the factory-girl weaver, her toil for a brief season intermitted, 

 has no health for enjoyment of her scanty fare, or scanty hour of 

 repose. The moth " tent-maker " having woven her tiny taber- 

 nacle, roams under its shelter over the verdant leaf-plains which 

 surround her ; while the woman shirt-maker (with whom it is 

 " Stitch, stitch ! " for ever) has no green spots in all her weary 

 wilderness of life. 



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