Journal of the Statistical Society of London, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Journal of the Statistical Society of London, Vol. 9 Among the "signs of the times" which it is most satisfactory to contemplate, because it affords at once evidence of social progress, and furnishes the best assurance for its continuance, must be placed the fact, that among the classes of our countrymen who are in circumstances of ease and comfort, there has of late arisen a great and growing concern for the well-being of the less favoured and more numerous class - those whose daily subsistence must be acquired by their daily toil. Influences to this end have long been quietly but steadily at work, set in motion by individuals, few in number, and, for the most part, of small account in the eyes of the world, who were at first sustained only by the consciousness of duty performed, and who long remained uncheered by any evidences of success; those influences are now, however, openly and even ostentatiously employed; they have found their way into every circle, and have even received the homage of the Senate. It has become fashionable to express the desire of promoting the general welfare of the working classes, and even to make some exertion to secure it, and we can hardly conceive that this stage of the question could have been reached, unless through the sense of its importance having taken a firm hold of the public mind, enlisting among its promoters men who, by means of their station and intellectual endowments, must command the attention of society. The present is not an occasion on which it would be proper to enlarge upon the moral obligation to which allusion has now been made; but it is clearly within the province of statistical inquiry to ascertain, as correctly as possible, the actual condition of those whom we would seek to benefit. Without such inquiries we must always be, as it were, groping in the dark, and liable to make a profitless use of our energies, if even they should not be hurtfully employed. Various efforts, which have been attended with more or less of success, have been made of late years by our Statistical Societies, and by means of Government Commissioners, to place before the world true pictures of the social condition of the great masses of our fellow countrymen, who form, what by a somewhat arbitrary distinction, are called the working classes; and from a variety of Journals and Parliamentary Reports, much is to be learned concerning their means of living, as well as the manner in which such means are employed. Our hours of leisure could hardly find better employment than in studying the different volumes in which this subject is authoritatively treated, in weighing the recommendations which they offer, and in helping to carry into execution those among them which appear to call for adoption, and which it may be in our power to forward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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