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 ¬selves, of cleansing their fire-places by climbing boys instead of by machines; frequently goad- ing them on by sharp instruments applied to the soles of their feet, when to escape suffocation they have halted in their ascent. ¬I frequently and loudly remonstrated against this horrible cruelty, and on being told, with indifference, of the forms of their houses which made machinery difficult, though it had failed in nothing else, / lost all patience. — " Talk not to me (I said) of the antiquity of your houses, or of their unsuitableness for the performance of your duty to God and your fellow-creatures. — If you will not alter them in your capital, where the abuses are so afflicting, Heaven may reform your manners as in ancient times the vices of nations have been rebuked; — « Earthquake, which has hitherto been confined to other countries, may be let loose to tumble them on your heads." ¬To Englishmen also let me lift up my voice : — ¬n 4 " You ¬