An inquiry into the moral, social, and intellectual condition of the industrious classes of Sheffield. Part I, The abuses and evils of charity, especially of medical charitable institutions / [by G.C. Holland].

  • Holland, G. C. (George Calvert), 1801-1865.
Date:
1839
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Credit: An inquiry into the moral, social, and intellectual condition of the industrious classes of Sheffield. Part I, The abuses and evils of charity, especially of medical charitable institutions / [by G.C. Holland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the original request of the donor or donors. Our remarks on the latter will be few. They are not liable to much abuse, and are admitted to be ex- ceedingly well managed. Enlarged and liberal systems of education are frequently alluded to as the only correctives of ignorance and dissipation. Knowledge is unquestion- ably the great remedy, but that which is conveyed by instruction is not the only efficient means. The desire for knowledge is much more valuable than the truths which it frequently imparts. There is no inherent vitality in them. They are dead, as motives or influences, until breathed upon by the impassioned soul. The breathing process is the important consideration. How we shall thus awaken the mind to a consciousness of its own powers, to the contemplation of the good which it may secure, or of the evil which it may avert, is a difficult and complex problem. It may be made to perceive truths, but to feel and act upon them is another matter. Writers on education have an exhaustless variety of schemes and plans to correct existing evils. According to their reasoning it is comparatively easy to elevate and refine the mass. They present us with physical, moral, and intellectual remedies, so