The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 386
... England , and thus to ascertain what effect the Poor laws have had in fixing the labourers of a declining branch of industry down to their employ- ment , and so in increasing and accelerating its de- clension . It is quite clear , that ...
... England , and thus to ascertain what effect the Poor laws have had in fixing the labourers of a declining branch of industry down to their employ- ment , and so in increasing and accelerating its de- clension . It is quite clear , that ...
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... England . The administra- tion of relief from a church fund , placed under the management of district visitors , is the very system that we want to see restored in Scotland ; and which , if established in England , would work out the ...
... England . The administra- tion of relief from a church fund , placed under the management of district visitors , is the very system that we want to see restored in Scotland ; and which , if established in England , would work out the ...
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Thomas Chalmers. And never was this more strikingly exemplified than by England's famous law - prompted we have no ... England so popular at the first en- actment of its Poor - law ; but without those tre- mendous consequences on the ...
Thomas Chalmers. And never was this more strikingly exemplified than by England's famous law - prompted we have no ... England so popular at the first en- actment of its Poor - law ; but without those tre- mendous consequences on the ...
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