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Excerpt from A Reproach to Civilization: A Treatise on the Problem of the Unemployed and Some Suggestions for a Possible Solution It was not until the reign of Elizabeth that more humane and consistent principles were introduced. In a famous statute, which is the foundation of our modern Poor Law system, the whole administration of the relief of the poor was systematised. The leading feature of the Act was a classification of persons entitled to relief under three heads, and the provision of work under certain specified conditions. In the first place the Churchwardens and Overseers were charged to take measures "for setting to work the children of all such whose parents shall not be thought able to keep and maintain their children;" secondly, "for setting to work all such persons, married or unmarried, having no means to maintain them, and using no ordinary or daily trade of life to get their living by;" and thirdly, "for the raising of competent sums of money for stewards, the necessary relief of the lame, impotent, old, blind, and such others among them, being poor and not able to work." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from A Reproach to Civilization: A Treatise on the Problem of the Unemployed and Some Suggestions for a Possible Solution
The early years of the nineteenth century were times of national anxiety and financial difficulty. The great war in which the country was engaged against Napoleon taxed to the utmost the nation's resources. When at Waterloo his overthrow was accomplished, the United Kingdom found itself saddled with a vast debt of over the payment of interest on which absorbed nearly half the total revenue of the country. The condition of the people was never worse.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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