A second series of useful hints for labourers; selected from the publications of the Labourers' friend society |
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... interest ; and if the purchaser of a deferred life annuity die before the time arrives at which the annuity is to commence , the whole of the money he has actually contributed will be returned to his family without deduction . The ...
... interest ; and if the purchaser of a deferred life annuity die before the time arrives at which the annuity is to commence , the whole of the money he has actually contributed will be returned to his family without deduction . The ...
Página 47
... interest in schools , and generally in the training of children and young people , I would suggest the idea of introducing a sort of exercise in do- mestic economy , and of affording every facility and encouragement for its practice ...
... interest in schools , and generally in the training of children and young people , I would suggest the idea of introducing a sort of exercise in do- mestic economy , and of affording every facility and encouragement for its practice ...
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... his own mind , candidly , how much , in different parts of his life , he has spent in liquor , and see whether , if that had been laid by in a savings- bank , where he would besides have received interest for 48 USEFUL HINTS .
... his own mind , candidly , how much , in different parts of his life , he has spent in liquor , and see whether , if that had been laid by in a savings- bank , where he would besides have received interest for 48 USEFUL HINTS .
Página 49
... interest for it , he would not have been in possession of a comfortable sum . The health , too , wasted at the beer - shop is of the utmost importance to the poor man . How many middle- aged men are old and infirm from drinking ! and ...
... interest for it , he would not have been in possession of a comfortable sum . The health , too , wasted at the beer - shop is of the utmost importance to the poor man . How many middle- aged men are old and infirm from drinking ! and ...
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... interest and duty ; this together with the scantiness of religious knowledge , is the ignorance which most generally and most hurtfully besets the lower classes . " The improvements in education have brought the first rudiments E 2 THE ...
... interest and duty ; this together with the scantiness of religious knowledge , is the ignorance which most generally and most hurtfully besets the lower classes . " The improvements in education have brought the first rudiments E 2 THE ...
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Página 143 - ... He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Página 98 - I found this countryman was a member of our Artisans' Library, and every Saturday evening he walked over to the town to exchange his books. I asked him whether reading did not make him less satisfied with his daily work; his answer deserves universal attention : — " Before he read, his work was weary to him ; for, in the solitary fields, an empty head measured the time out tediously, to double its length; but, now, no place was so sweet as the solitary fields: he had always something pleasant floating...
Página 84 - Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you.
Página 65 - Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Página 146 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 52 - Of all obstacles to improvement, ignorance is the most formidable, because the only true secret of assisting the poor is to make them agents in bettering their own condition, and to supply them, not with a temporary stimulus, but with a permanent energy.
Página 83 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Página 143 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Página 118 - Punctuality is important, because it subserves the Peace and good Temper of a Family : The want of it not only infringes on necessary Duty, but sometimes excludes this Duty.