A new view of society: or, Essays on the principle of the formation of the human character. By one of his majesty's justices of peace [R. Owen. Pt.1,2. Pt.2, numbered Essay 2nd, is a proof copy].1813 |
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... cause and the means of its prevention be known , and yet these means withheld ? The undertaking is replete with difficulties , which can alone be overcome by those who have in- fluence in society , being induced , by foreseeing its ...
... cause and the means of its prevention be known , and yet these means withheld ? The undertaking is replete with difficulties , which can alone be overcome by those who have in- fluence in society , being induced , by foreseeing its ...
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... , angry passions , arising from ignorance of the true cause of bodily and mental character , will gradually subside , and be replaced by the most frank and conciliating confidence . Nor hereafter will it be possible for a com- paratively ...
... , angry passions , arising from ignorance of the true cause of bodily and mental character , will gradually subside , and be replaced by the most frank and conciliating confidence . Nor hereafter will it be possible for a com- paratively ...
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... cause ; that is , from ignorance of what man is , and what by a rational training he may be . The knowledge however which is about to be introduced will make it evident to every understanding , that by far the greater part of the misery ...
... cause ; that is , from ignorance of what man is , and what by a rational training he may be . The knowledge however which is about to be introduced will make it evident to every understanding , that by far the greater part of the misery ...
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... cause of evil is ascertained . The next is to devise a remedy for the evil , which shall create the least possible inconvenience . To dis- cover that remedy , and try its efficacy in practice , have been the employments of my life ; and ...
... cause of evil is ascertained . The next is to devise a remedy for the evil , which shall create the least possible inconvenience . To dis- cover that remedy , and try its efficacy in practice , have been the employments of my life ; and ...
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... cause may be the means of com- mencing a new system of acting , which shall gradually remove those unnecessary evils which afflict the present race of men , is the ardent wish of Your fellow subject , THE AUTHOR . ESSAY SECOND . New ...
... cause may be the means of com- mencing a new system of acting , which shall gradually remove those unnecessary evils which afflict the present race of men , is the ardent wish of Your fellow subject , THE AUTHOR . ESSAY SECOND . New ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adopted advantages afflicted amelioration applied British calculated cause Chancellor and Chief chil circumstances clusion comfort commenced conduct confidence consequences contend conviction cotton mills COUNTY OF LANARK create crime Dale devised direct effect employment endeavour error ESSAY establish evident evil exist extent falsehood and deception fellow subjects formation of character formed Glasgow governed gradually habits henceforward HUMAN CHARACTER human nature ignorance important increase the happiness indivi individual induce injurious instructed introduced irritation justice JUSTICES OF PEACE knowledge legislative lieu Lords Chancellor mankind means ment mind misery mistaken principles neral NITY parties persevering kindness plans ples population possess practice present princi proceedings prove punishment racter rational reform regu religious remove render RICHARD TAYLOR Scotland sect sectarian soon tained taught TAYLOR AND CO tion trained to acquire true truth ultimately View of Society well-being wished and desired workhouses worst yond
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Seite 1 - Any general character, from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened, may be given to any community, even to the world at large, by the application of proper means; which means are to a great extent at the command and under the control of those who have influence in the affairs of men.
Seite 46 - Falsehood and deception met with a similar fate; they were held in disgrace ; their practical evils were shortly explained; and every countenance was given to truth and open conduct. The pleasure and substantial advantages derived from the latter, soon overcame the impolicy, error, and consequent misery, which the former mode of acting had created.
Seite 45 - ... different conduct was inculcated by those instructed for the purpose, who had the best powers of reasoning among themselves. They were at the same time instructed how to direct their industry in legal and useful occupations, by which, without danger or disgrace, they could really earn more than they had previously obtained by dishonest practices. Thus the difficulty of committing the crime was increased, the detection afterwards rendered more easy, the habit of honest industry formed, and the...
Seite 37 - ... became agents not to be governed contrary to their own inclinations. Mr. Dale's principal avocations were at a distance from the works, which he seldom visited more than once for a few hours in three or four months; he was therefore under the necessity of committing the management of the establishment to various servants with more or less power. Those who have a practical knowledge of mankind will readily anticipate the character which a population so collected and constituted would acquire....
Seite 45 - He soon discovered that theft was extended through almost all the rami. fications of the community, and the receipt of stolen goods through all the country around. To remedy this evil, not one legal punishment was inflicted — not one individual imprisoned — even for an hour ; but checks and other regulations of prevention, were introduced. A short plain explanation of the immediate benefits they would derive from a different conduct was inculcated by those instructed for the purpose, who had...
Seite 37 - ... the establishment to various servants with more or less power. Those who have a practical knowledge of mankind will readily anticipate the character which a population so collected and constituted would acquire. It is therefore scarcely necessary to state, that the community by degrees was formed under these circumstances into a very wretched society: every man did that which was right in his own eyes, and vice and immorality prevailed to a monstrous extent.
Seite 32 - How much longer shall we continue to allow generation after generation to be taught crime from their infancy, and when so taught, hunt them like beasts of the forest, until they are entangled beyond escape in the toils and nets of the law?
Seite 47 - That in future, they should endeavour to use the same active exertions to make each other happy and comfortable, as they had hitherto done to make each other miserable ; and, by carrying this short memorandum in their mind, and applying it on all occasions, they would soon render that place a Paradise, which, from the most mistaken principles of action, they now made the abode of misery.
Seite 9 - That any character — from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened — may be given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means, which are to a great extent at the command and under the control, or easily made so, of those who possess the government of nations.
Seite 40 - Their labour through the day and their education at night became so irksome, that numbers of them continually ran away, and almost all looked forward with impatience and anxiety to the expiration of their apprenticeship of seven, eight, and nine years, which generally expired when they were from thirteen to fifteen years old. At this period of life, unaccustomed to provide for themselves, and unacquainted with the world, they usually went to Edinburgh or Glasgow, where boys and girls were soon assailed...