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7th. A multiplicity of cases bearing on this whole subject have led 

 me to the conclusion to which I have come, and have expressed above; 

 but no particular one now occurs to my mind, of sufficient interest 

 to warrant being repeated here. 



The published reports of the " City Tract Society," in numerous 

 instances, show what means have .resulted in the elevation of the 

 poor, and to those documents I would beg respectfully to refer 

 you. 



Yours, &c., 



SAMUEL RUSSELL, Jr., 



Missionary, 8th Ward. 



From Jno. H. Bulen, Missionary of the \^th Ward. 



New-York, August 20, 1844. 



Dear Sir — The subject of your recent note, making certain inqui- 

 ries, IS one of no ordinary interest to any one who is endeavoring, 

 in a sphere however circumscribed, or by means however humble, to 

 be instrumental in elevating the moral condition of man. 



The intimate relation of the moral to the physical condition, may 

 not be so easily and precisely defined, as practically understood; and 

 perhaps your end will be as fully attained by eliciting the results of 

 experience, as by any fine wrought, philosophical disquisition of that 

 relation. I am truly glad jou have taken the subject in hand. I 

 have long wished that some one, able to make his voice heard by the 

 community, would speak out in language to be understood. Should 

 you succeed in awakening an interest in the community, which shall 

 result in the domiciliary renovation at which you aim, you will need 

 no reward but the rich consciousness of having rendered valuable aid 

 to the philanthropic enterprises of the day. 



Nearly ten years' constant intercourse with the poor of this city, 

 has fully convinced me that no greater obstacle is presented to their 

 moral elevation, than that want of self-respect, and recklessness of 

 character, induced by associations almost impossible to avoid, under 

 existing errangements, when very much reduced in pecuniary circum- 

 stances. 



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