Principia : a Series of Essays On the Principles of Evil Manifesting Themselves in These Last Times in Religion, Philosophy, And Politics
Principia : a Series of Essays On the Principles of Evil Manifesting Themselves in These Last Times in Religion, Philosophy, And Politics
S R Samuel Richard Bosanquet
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4 " This is a smaller pro- portion than in any other country; because we have carried the principles of modern civilization to a higher pitch, and a more classical perfection. The history of the poor and the poor laws in Greece and Rome, when verging to their decline, was almost exactly that of this country at the present moment : — a grievous oppression of the poor, together with a vast distribution of public and legalized relief, which degraded and discontented and demoralized the reci- pient...s; or rather, the oppression of riches and civi* lization produced that degree of poverty and misery among the working classes, which made necessary a public provision, however destructive and disorganizing, lest the people should possess themselves of the property of the country for very despair and recklessness. " The city now abounds with beggars," says Isocrates, * Alison on Population, ii. 48. Digitized by Google ESSAY VIII.] POOR AND POOR-LAWS AT ATHENS. 127 " and the country with vagabonds." " The whole city is filled with lamentations ; the poor grieve apart, un- relieved and unnoticed." "The poor, who, whilst they were assisted by the charity of their countrymen, preserved their virtues and their industry, when they were entitled by law to a certain provision, abandoned themselves to a degrading and reckless indolence ; charity lost both its blessings.
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