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of poverty, of insanity, of suicide, and probably even of 

 crime, together with other indications of moral and 

 physical deterioration. To the facts I have set forth I 

 earnestly call the attention of all those who have at heart 

 the progress of true civilization and the welfare of 

 humanity. 



A. E. W. 

 PARKS-TONE, DORSET, April, 1898. 



