Had they been careful
in the matter of dietary, their sacred writings would never have seen
the light of day. Those writings, a monument of malnutrition and faulty
digestive processes, were responsible for three-quarters of what was
called charity. Charity was responsible for the greater part of human
mischief and misery. The revenues of the private charities of London
alone exceeded five million sterling annually. What were these revenues
expended upon? On keeping alive an incredible number of persons who
ought to be dead. What was the result of keeping these people alive? A
deterioration of the whole race. Charity consisted in setting a premium
on bodily ill-health and mental inefficiency. Charity was an Oriental
nightmare; an endeavour to raise the week to the level of the strong;
an incitement to improvidence. Charity disturbed the national
equilibrium; it lowered the standard of mankind instead of raising it.
Charity was an unmitigated nuisance which had increased, was
increasing, and ought to be diminished.
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