The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices Public Benefits: With an Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, and a Search Into the Nature of Society (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices Public Benefits: With an Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, and a Search Into the Nature of SocietyThus much I had faid to the reader in the firft edition; and have added nothing. By way of preface in the fecond. Butdince that, a violent outcry has been made againl't the book, exactly anfwering the expeétation I always had of the juttice, the wifdom, the charity, and fair-dailing of thofe whole good will I defpaired of. It has been prefented by the Grand Jury, and condemned by thoufands who never faw a word of it. It has been preached againit before my Lord Mayor; and an utter refutation of it is daily expeéted from areverend divine, who has called me names in the advertife ments, and threatened to anfwer me in two months time for above five months together. What I have to fay for my felf, the reader will fee in my Vindication at the end of the book, where he will likewife find the Grand Jury's Prefent ment, and a letter to the Right Honourable Lord C. Which is very rhetorical beyond argument or conneélion. The eu thor (hows a fine talent for 111vetftives, and great fagacity in dil'covering atheifm, where others can find none. He is zeal ous againlt wicked books, points at the Fable of the Bees, and is very angry with the author: He bell 0115 four drong epithets on the enormity of his guilt, and by le1eral elegant inuendos to the multitude, as the danger there IS in fulle1ing fuch authors to live, and the vengeance of Heaven upon a whole nation, very charitably recommends him to the1r care.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.