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every sense, merely by copying the wisdom that is around us ; 

 and when this is fully understood, it is not to be imagined but 

 that every lover of his kind will take even an eager interest in 

 bringing about the change. The real difficulty is to influence to 

 the inquiry. 



I must add, that in this condensed statement of the principles 

 of his system, Captain Machonochie has made no allusion to a 

 very important part of it the ante-criminal part, if I may so 

 express it. He proposes, as a preventive measure, the establish- 

 ment of Industrial Schools, to which the children of the poorer 

 classes or vagrants should be encouraged to come and give their 

 cheerful and active labor, by receiving marks exchangeable for a 

 good, substantial, but coarse, meal in the middle of the day, and 

 some other food to carry home at night. The employments to 

 be as much as possible rural and agricultural, and in every case 

 at least laborious, fitting those subjected to them to face hard 

 work hi after life. 



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