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that no possible amount of

community that us

cal coercion.

moral influence or plepricat

would suffice to give simmediate relief

by

a

sensible diminution of its alteredant evils; and that therefore we must

recognize and tolerate its existence,

and endeavour to

3.

pears remediler.

mitigate what

But I am not aware that the

social evils of

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personal liberty and. comentée privacy

- privacy, but I have no hesitation

- and a disturbance of

in saying that it might with facility

ressed as to remove much

be so far repressed

of the mischief which now it may

be supposed to occasion, and even

this were not the

the

measure

if

case I believe that

- proposed swould but

heighten the disease and infuse into

as conducted here

the community a larger

have forced themselves in any

extraordinary

Manner

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the

notics of the authorities, or that any attempt has been made to reduce the 1 gaming houses by determines

member of gaming. measures of repression.

1. Doubtless it would be difficult to put an entire stop to the practice- without undire interference with

amount

of

this moral virus. For what is the proposal ? Not to alleviate the sufferings of the victions of this nice, but to bring "before the public and the face of the

of vicious indulque

world those scenes

which hitherto have shunned the

light of day and found their fitting

Stage

in darkness and

obaurity.

Is not this to obtinde vice up.

upon