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

  • Highmore, A. (Anthony), Jr., 1758-1829.
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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    terest in sickness, assistance in clanger and trouble^ and above all, the salutary coinrauni- nication of religious consolalionj have become so couiiiion that they arc little noticed, and never recorded by the busy passing world ; but they add to th«; glory of the age in which we have the happiness to live, and extend the beams of niercv and truth under which we may bend with r,cverence and gratitude. T^ie private benevolences of the rich and powerful are in England countless as the sand ; an attempt to enumerate the gifts which every family and every individual of it bestow, would be vain. It is, alike, impracticable to tell the various channels in which the stream of benevolence flows among equals • all these the veil of humility and charity conceals, and if they are ever known it is by their ef- fects. It is thus that the spirit to think and to do what is right is abroad amongst us, and has persuaded our hearts that we are entrusted with each other's welfare. But the benevolence which is public im England, is seen every-where. The Icgis-- lative and parochial taxation for the poor- is estimated at an annual amount of severall millions j in addition to which, no part of the- army