 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1852
...for than in any other country of the same extent : he did not mean little cantons or petty republics, where a great proportion of the people,' said he, ' are suffered to languish in helpcoun Jim. BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSOX. 87 less misery, that country must be ill policed, and wretchedly... | |
 | Alice Woodworth Cooley, William Franklin Webster - English language - 1909 - 442 pages
...the listening crowds the story of salvation. 7. The way to his land of promise was rough and long. 8. A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. 9. To relieve distress is godlike. 10. Now only here and there a little star Looks forth alone. 11.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1910 - 602 pages
...Great Britain too low. But however this may be, every humane mind must surely applaud the earnestness " Though of no high extraction himself, he had much...decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.—Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries ; the... | |
 | Play - 1913 - 594 pages
...toilers, though the world is the paymaster, and the toilers are at its mercy. Dr. Samuel Johnson says : "A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Gentlemen of education are pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders, the poor especially,... | |
 | James Walter Wesolowski - 1962 - 288 pages
...conditions from which poverty had sprung. But, as Dr. Johnson observed, according to Biographer Boswell, "a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." And as western civilization has inched along it has broadened to horizons a little more. Slowly we... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Welfare Reform Subcommittee - Public welfare - 1978 - 762 pages
...recipients, particularly in the Northeast, couldn't be more urgent. In the words of Samuel Johnson, "A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." Mr. WEISS. Thank you. STATEMENT OF CAROL ANGELL Mrs. ANGELL. My name is Carol Angell. I am also from... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger - Food relief - 1988 - 114 pages
...those entering Work and Training programs An enhancement of food comodi ty levels. Samuel Johnson said, "A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." I believe we all recognize the importance of developing measures that will allow the needy to gain... | |
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the poor in England were better provided for than in any other country of the same extent: he did not mean little Cantons, or petty Republicks. Where a great proportion of the people... 
