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happy effedls, (for the pofitive advantages of this 

 plan, however great, I confider as fcarcely equal to 

 the negative ones) cherifh that fpirit of independency 

 which is natural to the human mind, and in a Ihort 

 time there will be found fcarcely a really poor perfon 

 in his Majefty's dominions.* 



It is with the poor man as it is with the tradef- 

 man ; the latter, as long as the balance at the year's 

 end appears in his favour, and he adds fomething 

 annually to his capital flock, continues unremittingly 

 to exert himfelf to the utmoft of his abilitesj but 

 if, notwithftanding his exertions, the balance of 

 trade goes againft him, and he finds his capital an- 

 nually decreafing, he begins at firfl to look into his 

 accounts with relu\5lance, then negledls them alto- 

 gether, and at length feeks relief in continual dif- 

 fipation. 



So it is with the poor man ; as long as he continues 

 in perfect healthy his earnings are generally fufficient 

 to procure him a comfortable fubfiftence^ and if he 



♦ The tnith of this idea may be inferred from hence, that upon 

 the raoft ftri(5l enquiry I do not find more than one or two inflances 

 where any member of the afTociation became chargeable to the parifti; 

 and thefe were imder the preflure of very large families, labouring 

 •♦under general ficknefs, both which circumlhnces would by this 

 fcheme be provided againft. 



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