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caufe they are in general better paid than labour- 

 ers in agriculture, and have not fo immediate a 

 claim upon the land, as the workmen in the vine- 

 yard. 



If one thing, in aid of what I have taken the 

 liberty to fuggeft, could be eftabliftied, it would, 

 perhaps, go near to remedy all grievances ; and, in 

 a great meafure, fet afide the neceffity of the poor 

 laws, and this would be the adoption of fomething 

 like Mr. Ackland's fcheme (g) of taxing labour 

 for its own fupport, by levying from the young 

 and lufty, a penny to be put out upon accumu- 

 lated intereft, for the advantage of the old and de- 

 crepid. Age and infirmity would then dip its 

 hand into the purfe it had helped to fill ; honed 

 pride would be preferved, induftry encouraged, 

 and the latter part of a poor man's life would ter- 

 minate in comfort (A). 



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