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avail themselves of the advantages held out to them ; 

 and the tranquillity they would enjoy in these peaceful 

 retreats would, by degrees, calm the agitation of their 

 minds, remove their suspicions, and render them happy, 

 grateful, and docile. 



Though it might not be possible to provide any other 

 lodgings for them than the miserable barracks they now 

 occupy, yet, as they might spend the whole of the day, 

 from morning till late at night, in these public rooms, 

 and have no occasion to return to their homes till bed- 

 time, they would not experience much inconvenience 

 from the badness of the accommodation at their own 

 dwellings. 



Should any be attacked with sickness, they might be 

 sent to some hospital, or rooms be provided for them, 

 as well as for the old and infirm, adjacent to the public 

 working-rooms. Certain hours might also be set apart 

 for instructing the children daily in reading and writ- 

 ing, in the dining-hall, or in some other room con- 

 venient for that purpose. 



The expense of forming such an establishment in 

 every parish would not be great in the first outset, and 

 the advantages derived from it would very soon repay 

 that expense, with interest. The poor might be fed 

 from a public kitchen for less than halfvfadk it would 

 cost them to feed themselves ; they would turn their 

 industry to better account by working in a public es- 

 tablishment and under proper direction than by work- 

 ing at home ; a spirit of emulation would be excited 

 among them, and they would pass their time more 

 agreeably and cheerfully. They would be entirely re- 

 lieved from the heavy expense of fuel for cooking ; and, 

 in a great measure, from that for heating their dwell- 



