Excerpt from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: A Reply to Malthus, the Spirit of the Age, Etc Whilethe prejudice infused into the public mind by this gentle man's writings subsists in its full force, I am almost convinced that any serious attempt at bettering the condition of the poor will be ineffectual. The only object at present is to gain time. The less it is meddled with either with ond or bad intentions, the better. Tampering with the disease wi but skin and film the ulcerous part, while foul corruption, mining all within, infects unseen.' I have not confidence enough either in the integrity, the abilities, or the power of our state-doctors to be willing to trust it entirely in their hands. Theyrisk nothing, ifthey fail. The patient is in too desperate a. 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.