Pietas Londinensis : the history, design, and present state of the various public charities in and near London / by A. Highmore.

  • Anthony Highmore
Date:
1814
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Pietas Londinensis : the history, design, and present state of the various public charities in and near London / by A. Highmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    The investigation of the nature and history of Institutions of Cliarity obviously suggests a J, previous inquiry into the causes of their neces- sity^ or at least of their origin; and into the particular state of public economy which has established their foundation^ sanctioned their utility, and multiplied their extent. If the distresses of the poor and needy imperiously demanded them^ it must be acknowledged that the benevolence of the opulent and powerful has not been backward to answer the call; if the increase of population may have enlarged the measure of public suffering on the one hand, it has no less augmented the public beneficence on tlie other ; if the extension of foreign com- merce and communication, and the general diffusion
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