Philadelphia : Or, the Claims of Humanity. a Plea for Social & Religious Reform
The book Philadelphia : Or, the Claims of Humanity. a Plea for Social & Religious Reform was written by author Barham, Thomas Foster, 1794-1869 Here you can read free online of Philadelphia : Or, the Claims of Humanity. a Plea for Social & Religious Reform book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Philadelphia : Or, the Claims of Humanity. a Plea for Social & Religious Reform a good or bad book?
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She cries continually. Give, give ; but, Kketihe grave, is never satisfied. Thus luxury, disguised at fest as a smiling siren, discovers by degrees her true nature and features, and proves at length to be a malignant and fatal demon. Would luxury but cease her waste and riot, the natural productiveness of human laliour would soon multiply around itself all good and needful products, so that with excess for none, competence and comfort should be the PLEA THAT LUIUET INCREASES NECESSARIES. 12S lo...t of alL And then would industry herself be able to bate somewhat of her accustomed toils, and enjoy some gladsome ease and leisure. And thus the bounty of Providence would at length appear manifest, when man- kind had learnt by experience, that unremitting toil was not their inevitable destiny, but a gratuitous infliction proceeding from folly and extravagance. And so sings John MUton : — " If every just man that now pines with want. Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly pamper'd luxury Now heaps upon some few, with vast excess ; Nature's full blessings would be well dispens'd.
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