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could not long survive , the spirit of monopoly . Throiv open the Zoological Gardens on a Sunday , the only day oh which they are now accessible to the subscribers exclusively . If horseshoes are no breach of the Sabbath , neither are hobnails . Reduce some
of the non-resident parsons , and apply the money to the support of lectures on science , history , and other topics of interest . Let the poor have theatrical amusements . How powerful an instrument might the theatre become of exciting the intelligence and elevating the taste of the people . Then , public walks and teagardens should be formed and allowed , in every direction . There
is even yet plenty of ground near London , and in the immediate vicinity of large towns , which might be saved for this improvement . But where is all the money to come from ? The money There is a question to ask , when the last Westminster Review has shown ( Article on Aristocratic Taxation ) that the corn monopoly costs the nation thirty millions per annum ; the monopolv of other articles of food and necessity , fifteen millions ;
the Colonial monopoly , six millions ; and the Church monopoly , nine millions . A trumpery little fraction of any one of these hoards would amply suffice . Let those who shudder at mechanical drunkenness and sensuality bestir themselves , and the thing is done . Twice blessed would the deed be ; compelling the plunderer to honesty , and providing the labourer with recreation . Religionists may depend upon it that this is the shortest cut , even
for their peculiar purposes . You cannot make a railroad from the tavern to the church . You cannot send a pressgang to clear out the taproom and man the conventicle . The distance will never be got over without resting by the way . The best chance ibr the mechanic ' s accomplishing the journey from animal pleasures to spiritual exercises , is b y opening for him the half-way house of rational enjoyments . If that will not draw him , you cannot force him further , nor ought you to be allowed to torment
him by trying . This subject reminds us of some verses from a correspondent , to whom we owe an apology for our seeming neglect . The reader will see them in the article which follows .
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A Drear * . 681
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Mysterious faculty ! whate ' er thou art , That in sleep ' s silent hour perform ' st thy part , Nor check'd , nor cumber'd , by the unconscious clay ;
Oft hast thou given me , in thy free , wild play , Intense delight . — One instance of thy power : — A beauteous scene—even o ' er this wakeful hour—Exerts a charm . —A city ' s crowded ways , — Where human life each various garb displays , —
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A DREAM .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1834, page 631, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2637/page/27/
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