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Excerpt from Defense of the Poor, or Poverty and Its Resulting Evils Technically speaking, the-poor need no defense; for, innately they, of' all grades of our social fabric, are the most honest-hearted, the most sympathetic, the most pure of purpose and the least troublesome of all. We find much in them, therefore. To commend; also, some things to condemn. As a rule, that which we find in them to criticise and condemn as a class, is put there by necessity and not by choice. The purpose of this little book is not to exculpate or excuse any existing social disorder on the score of poverty; but, to show by careful reasoning from cause to effect, on the conditions that confront us, that many of the evils which harass and distract our social sys tem and our political life are due, in great part, to a lack of the necessities, comforts and Opportunities of life, thus pointing the way to an improved and a health ier public condition. 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.