Note 769 — BOOK III. MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
Reading edition
It would help the social reformer to learn, e. g. from clergymen, guardians of the poor, and police magistrates, what exact proportion of the destitution within their experience has been due, (a) to the fault of the victim, (b) to the fault of his parents, (c) to the fraud or oppression of others, and (d) to the mere accidents of trade.