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things as they are (altho’ not always as they 
ought to be ;) and try at least to improve them. 
Having ascertained that Wealth improperly 
used or wasted in Strife, War, Yices? Luxury, 
Gambling, &c. becomes baneful to bodies and 
Souls, Men and Nations, let us show instead how 
useful it becomes when properly invested or 
'employed in deeds of Peace, Charity, Science, 
Philanthropy, Education, Improvements and 
other attainments deserving and obtaining praise 
and reward now and hereafter. 
9, Mankind has often been divided in two 
Classes, the Rich or Wealthy , and the Poor or 
Indigent; which have been ostensibly arrayed 
against each other ; but there is a third and me- 
dial class, which balances these two, and often 
happily preponderates : it is that nameless mid- 
dle Class of Individuals neither rich nor poor, 
with a competence of property or emoluments 
or labor, that possess neither the superfluity of 
Wealth, nor dread the evils of poverty. To this 
Class we see at all times ascending the indus- 
trious Poor or descending the prodigal Rich. It 
is this Class that forms the Nucleus and main 
strength of society, and to which if all could be- 
long, there would no longer be to fear the evils 
of exuberant Wealth or destitute Indigence. 
10, But even among Rich and Poor , a dis- 
tinction must be made (not seldom forgotten) of 
the Worthy Rich or Poor , and the Vicious or 
Unworthy . The Vicious. Poor sink into Pau- 
pers, Mendicants , Drones , Thieves , &c. while 
the Vicious Rich become Prodigals, Misers , 
Monopolizers , Tyrants , &,c. — Those exalted 
into Nobles, Lords, Kings, &c. by peculiar In- 
stitutions, may be either Good or Bad, Worthy 
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