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jed: ; and they have lately been recom- 

 mended with a fpirit of ingenuity, and 

 humanity, that will ever do honour to 

 the able author of " Obfervations on 

 the Poor-Laws, &c f . I wifh fuccefs to 

 every fcheme that tends to fpread general 

 happinefs ; and if houfes of induflry 

 fliould be adopted by Parliament, may 

 no untoward accident prevent the good 

 defign of the projedlors ! May the dili- 

 gence and zeal of future overfeers ever 

 keep an even pace; and a good inten- 

 tion not fail, as it has fometimes done, 

 with the novelty of it ! In the mean 

 while, a fuch as capital change muft be 

 a work of time, let it be endeavoured, 

 to make the poor, as comfortable as 

 may be, in their own pariflies. From 

 the general demolition that has hap- 

 pened, other houfes will be wanting for 



f Written by the Reverend R. Potter. 



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