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-rally spread throughout the community; where
the people have resources; where every man is
accustomed to combine for himseff himself
the means of warding off evil, and attaining
good. There the machine of society cannot
be easily disordered, and human happiness is
placed on a much more secure foundation.
Then, if any, of the larger arteries of the body
politic is interrupted obstructed, the nourishment
of the system is carried on by the admirable
service which may be undered
by the smaller. To a system which has
thus a vis medicatrix in all its parts, no
shock can be given that is not immediately
repaired. Were the greatest disorder introduced,
things of their own accord would
hasten to their proper place.

It is, therefore, a prodigious recommendation
of Benefit Societies, that in them the
people act for themselves. We do not mention
this, however, as one of the circumstances
in which they differ from Savings Banks. It
is, indeed, true, that in most of the Savings
Banks which have taken upon them to
manage for the under. But this is not
necessary. The contribution to Savings Banks
may themselves, if they choose, manage a
Bank just as well as a club-box; in fact,
the business of the Bank is far more simple
than that of the Box. There is one important
example of a Bank; conducted by the
people themselves, is the established in Clerkenwell,
at the suggestion of Charles Taylor Esq

Identifier: | JB/149/169/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 149.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	149	Main Headings
Folio number	169	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	i m & co 1831
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1831
Notes public		ID Number	50023
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