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Arrives Philadelphia & New York
Cleanliness
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Turnbull Philadelphia

19. Page. 19. "In going through this prison, you are not disgusted
"with those scenes of filth and misery, which generally distinguish
"jails from other places. On the contrary, the industry, chearfulness,
and cleanliness, which meet the eye in every direction,
"cannot but be peculiarly gratifying." —

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Eddy New York

6 Page 53. "By the great attention paid to cleanliness in every part of the
"prison, they trai [the Inspectors] have shewn their opinion of its importance
"in aiding reformation. Its benign influence on the physical character,
"though well understood by many, is not nest fuly estimated by the bulk of
"mankind. Though its effect on bodily health be more obvious, its less striking
"but equally certain effect on the mind has been no where more fully
"experienced than in this prison. It is found to soften the temper, meliorate
"the disposition, & to produce a regard to temperance, order & industry; &,
"by exciting more agreable & tranquil sensations, to render more susceptible
"of good impression, & thereby conduce to their future amendment.*"

"*Count Mumford, (Vol. 1. p. 34) in his essays, speaking of the good effects produced
on the Mendicants in the House of Industry at Munich, by cleanliness, says
"that,'virtue never dwelt long with filth & nastiness; nor do I believe there
"was ever a person scrupulously attentive to cleanliness, who was a consummate 'villain.'

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Observations. Cleanliness, when once become habitual, is persevered in
through choice. But it is not in the nature of things that
cleanliness should become habitual in the midst
of habitual sloth and drunkenness. Filthiness then we may be assured, can never be otherwise than habitual and universal in the improved
Colony, both as a cause and as an effect of depravity in other
shapes.

Identifier: | JB/116/035/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	035	Info in main headings field	america philadelphia & new york reformation cleanliness
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham; john herbert koe	Watermarks
Marginals	john herbert koe	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	37568
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