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under circumstances which rendered purity
or self respect impossible. Such
indeed was recently found to be the
condition of such many of the labouring
population of the wealthy parish Marylybone. The gentlemen
whom we have named and who look are appear to as the have
taken
enlightened as well, as a benevolent view
of the subject removed the demoralising
circumstances by attending to the
construction of the residences and provid
providing for their workpeople cottages
with two or three sleeping rooms, yet
of such an economical construction as to
require no serious pecuniary sacrifice.
Personal purity cleanliness is with classes the labouring
classes generally connected with moral purity
a filthy place the filthy.
Filth on the persons of a population is
a sure index of foulness in the mind, it
for of the
Linked together are
idleness sloth as sloth and a train
of vices of which dirt is the outward
and visible sign. We may Precepts for
the enforcement of the duty of personal cleanliness may
be thoroughly inculcated yet with the
the actions formation of the personal habit is a and the
attendant mental habit of self respect
so is in manufacturing as well as other
districts now a is impeded by the circumstances in
of the hovels in which the labouring classes
live, rendering cleanliness almost impracticable.
The gentlemen we have mentioned
aid the precepts by the of the
article teacher by the removal of the
removal of the adverse circumstances: by giving removing from
substituting providing
the clean whitewashed cleanroom the floor
for the earthen floor of the old and
dirty hovel a floor which admits of
cleanliness


Identifier: | JB/149/201/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 149.

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Box

149

Main Headings

chrestomathia

Folio number

201

Info in main headings field

education

Image

001

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

3

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

c3 / / /

Penner

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

50055

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