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they possessed in themselves. And the words of the Preacher, 
Ecclesiastes, are true still, “Say not thou, What is the cause that 
the former times were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire 
wisely concerning this.” Much, as we know, still remains to be 
done—much for our own moral and spiritual progress and for the 
_ good of those around us. But I am convined that England is 
now a better country to live in, and that (as a whole) Englishmen 
are happier, and I hope better, to-day, than they were fifty or sixty 
years ago. 
8 JUN. 92 
G AND T. COWARD, PRINTERS, CARLISLE. 
