and　indeed　awful；　and　as　it　were　religious　nature！　　Professors　of　the　Dismal　Science；　I　perceive　that　the　length　of　your　tether　is　now　pretty　well　run；　and　that　I　must　request　you　to　talk　a　little　lower　in　future。　　By　the　side　of　the　shop…till；see；　your　small　'Law　of　God'　is　hung　up；　along　with　the　multiplication…table　itself。　　But　beyond　and　above　the　shop…till；　allow　me　to　say；　you　shall　as　good　as　hold　your　peace。　　Respectable　Professors；　I　perceive　it　is　not　now　the　Gigantic　Hucksters；　but　it　is　the　Immortal　Gods；　yes　they；　in　their　terror　and　their　beauty；　in　their　wrath　and　their　beneficence；　that　are　coming　into　play　in　the　affairs　of　this　world！　　Soft　you　a　little。　　Do　not　you　interrupt　me；　but　try　to　understand　and　help　me！
  〃Work；　was　I　saying？　　My　indigent　unguided　friends；　I　should　think　some　work　might　be　discoverable　for　you。　　Enlist；　stand　drill；　become；　from　a　nomadic　Banditti　of　Idleness；　Soldiers　of　Industry！　　I　will　lead　you　to　the　Irish　Bogs；　to　the　vacant　desolations　of　Connaught　now　falling　into　Cannibalism；　to　mistilled　Connaught；　to　ditto　Munster；　Leinster；　Ulster；　I　will　lead　you：　　to　the　English　fox…covers；　furze…grown　Commons；　New　Forests；　Salisbury　Plains：　　likewise　to　the　Scotch　Hill…sides；　and　bare　rushy　slopes；　which　as　yet　feed　only　sheep；moist　uplands；　thousands　of　square　miles　in　extent；　which　are　destined　yet　to　grow　green　crops；　and　fresh　butter　and　milk　and　beef　without　limit　（wherein　no　'Foreigner　can　compete　with　us'）；　were　the　Glasgow　sewers　once　opened　on　them；　and　you　with　your　Colonels　carried　thither。　　In　the　Three　Kingdoms；　or　in　the　Forty　Colonies；　depend　upon　it；　you　shall　be　led　to　your　work！
  〃To　each　of　you　I　will　then　say：　　Here　is　work　for　you；　strike　into　it　with　manlike；　soldier…like　obedience　and　heartiness；　according　to　the　methods　here　prescribed；wages　follow　for　you　without　difficulty；　all　manner　of　just　remuneration；　and　at　length　emancipation　itself　follows。　　Refuse　to　strike　into　it；　shirk　the　heavy　labor；　disobey　the　rules；I　will　admonish　and　endeavor　to　incite　you；　if　in　vain；　I　will　flog　you；　if　still　in　vain；　I　will　at　last　shoot　you；and　make　God's　Earth；　and　the　forlorn…hope　in　God's　Battle；　free　of　you。　　Understand　it；　I　advise　you！　　The　Organization　of　Labor〃＇_Left　speaking_；　says　our　reporter。＇
  〃Left　speaking：〃　　alas；　that　he　should　have　to　〃speak〃　so　much！　　There　are　things　that　should　be　done；　not　spoken；　that　till　the　doing　of　them　is　begun；　cannot　well　be　spoken。　　He　may　have　to　〃speak〃　seven　years　yet；　before　a　spade　be　struck　into　the　Bog　of　Allen；　and　then　perhaps　it　will　be　too　late！…
  You　perceive；　my　friends；　we　have　actually　got　into　the　〃New　Era〃　there　has　been　such　prophesying　of：　　here　we　all　are；　arrived　at　last；and　it　is　by　no　means　the　land　flowing　with　milk　and　honey　we　were　led　to　expect！　　Very　much　the　reverse。　　A　terrible　_new_　country　this：　　no　neighbors　in　it　yet；　that　I　can　see；　but　irrational　flabby　monsters　（philanthropic　and　other）　of　the　giant　species；　hyenas；　laughing　hyenas；　predatory　wolves；　probably　_devils_；　blue　（or　perhaps　blue…and…yellow）　devils；　as　St。　Guthlac　found　in　Croyland　long　ago。　　A　huge　untrodden　haggard　country；　the　〃chaotic　battle…field　of　Frost　and　Fire；〃　a　country　of　savage　glaciers；　granite　mountains；　of　foul　jungles；　unhewed　forests；　quaking　bogs；which　we　shall　have　our　own　ados　to　make　arable　and　habitable；　I　think！　　We　must　stick　by　it；　however；of　all　enterprises　the　impossiblest　is　that　of　getting　out　of　it；　and　shifting　into　another。　　To　work；　then；　one　and　all；　hands　to　work！
  ＇March　1；　1850。＇　No。　II。　　MODEL　PRISONS。
  The　deranged　condition　of　our　affairs　is　a　universal　topic　among　men　at　present；　and　the　heavy　miseries　pressing；　in　their　rudest　shape；　on　the　great　dumb　inarticulate　class；　and　from　this；　by　a　sure　law；　spreading　upwards；　in　a　less　palpable　but　not　less　certain　and　perhaps　still　more　fatal　shape　on　all　classes　to　the　very　highest；　are　admitted　everywhere　to　be　great；　increasing　and　now　almost　unendurable。　　How　to　diminish　them；this　is　every　man's　question。　　For　in　fact　they　do　imperatively　need　diminution；　and　unless　they　can　be　diminished；　there　are　many　other　things　that　cannot　very　long　continue　to　exist　beside　them。　　A　serious　question　indeed；　How　to　diminish　them！
  Among　the　articulate　classes；　as　they　may　be　called；　there　are　two　ways　of　proceeding　in　regard　to　this。　　One　large　body　of　the　intelligent　and　influential；　busied　mainly　in　personal　affairs；　accepts　the　social　iniquities；　or　whatever　you　may　call　them；　and　the　miseries　consequent　thereupon；　accepts　them；　admits　them　to　be　extremely　miserable；　pronounces　them　entirely　inevitable；　incurable　except　by　Heaven；　and　eats　its　pudding　with　as　little　thought　of　them　as　possible。　　Not　a　very　noble　class　of　citizens　these；　not　a　very　hopeful　or　salutary　method　of　dealing　with　social　iniquities　this　of　theirs；　however　it　may　answer　in　respect　to　themselves　and　their　personal　affairs！　　But　now　there　is　the　select　small　minority；　in　whom　some　sentiment　of　public　spirit　and　human　pity　still　survives；　among　whom；　or　not　anywhere；　the　Good　Cause　may　expect　to　find　soldiers　and　servants：　　their　method　of　proceeding；　in　these　times；　is　also　very　strange。　　They　embark　in　the　〃philanthropic　movement；〃　they　calculate　that　the　miseries　of　the　world　can　be　cured　by　bringing　the　philanthropic　movement　to　bear　on　them。　　To　universal　public　misery；　and　universal　neglect　of　the　clearest　public　duties；　let　private　charity　superadd　itself：　there　will　thus　be　some　balance　restored；　and　maintained　again；　thus；or　by　what　conceivable　method？　　On　these　terms　they；　for　their　part；　embark　in　the　sacred　cause；　resolute　to　cure　a　world's　woes　by　rose…water；　desperately　bent　on　trying　to　the　uttermost　that　mild　method。　　It　seems　not　to　have　struck　these　good　men　that　no　world；　or　thing　here　below；　ever　fell　into　misery；　without　having　first　fallen　into　folly；　into　sin　against　the　Supreme　Ruler　of　it；　by　adopting　as　a　law　of　conduct　what　was　not　a　law；　but　the　reverse　of　one；　and　that；　till　its　folly；　till　its　sin　be　cast　out　of　it；　there　is　not　the　smallest　hope　of　its　misery　going；that　not　for　all　the　charity　and　rose…water　in　the　world　will　its　misery　try　to　go　till　then！
  This　is　a　sad　error；　all　the　sadder　as　it　is　the　error　chiefly　of　the　more　humane　and　noble…minded　of　our　generation；　among　whom；　as　we　said；　or　elsewhere　not　at　all；　the　cause　of　real　Reform　must　expect　its　servants。　At　present；　and　for　a　long　while　past；　whatsoever　young　soul　awoke　in　EnGland　with　some　disposition　towards　generosity　and　social　heroism；　or　at　lowest　with　some　intimation　of　the　beauty　of　such　a　disposition；he；　in　whom　the　poor　world　might　have　looked　for　a　Reformer；　and　valiant　mender　of　its　foul　ways；　was　almost　sure　to　become　a　Philanthropist；　reforming　merely　by　this　rose…water　method。　　To　admit　that　the　world's　ways　are　foul；　and　not　the　ways　of　God　the　Maker；　but　of　Satan　the　Destroyer；　many　of　them；　and　that　they　must　be　mended　or　we　all　die；　that　if　huge　misery　prevails；　huge　cowardice；　falsity；　disloyalty；　universal　Injustice　high　and　low；　have　still　longer　prevailed；　and　must　straightway　try　to　cease　prevailing：　　this　is　what　no　visible　reformer　has　yet　thought　of　doing：　　All　so…called　〃reforms〃　hitherto　are　grounded　either　on　openly　admitted　egoism　（cheap　bread　to　the　cotton…spinner；　voting　to　those　that　have　no　vote；　and　the　like）；　which　does　not　point　towards　very　celestial　developments　of　the　Reform　movement；　or　else　upon　this　of　remedying　social　injustices　by　indiscriminate　contributions　of　philanthropy；　a　method　surely　still　more　unpromising。　　Such　contributions；　being　indiscriminate；　are　but　a　new　injustice；　these　will　never　lead　to　reform；　or　abolition　of　injustice；　whatever　else　they　lead　to！
  Not　by　that　method　shall　we　〃get　round　Cape　Horn；〃　by　never　such　unanimity　of　voting；　under　the　most　approved　Phantasm　Captains！　　It　is　miserable　to　see。　　Having；　as　it　were；　quite　lost　our　way　round　Cape　Horn；　and　being　sorely　〃admonished〃　by　the　Iceberg　and　other　dumb　councillors；　the　pilots；instead　of　taking　to　their　sextants；　and　asking　with　a　seriousness　unknown　for　a　long　while；　What　the　Laws　of　wind　and　water；　and　of　Earth　and　of　Heaven　are；decide　that　now；　in　these　new　circumstances；　they　will；　to　the　worthy　and　unworthy；　serve　out　a　double　allowance　of　grog。　　In　this　way　they　hope　to　do　it；by　steering　on　the　old　wrong　tack；　and　serving　out　more　and　more；　copiously　what　little　_aqua　vitae_　may　be　still　on　board！　Philanthropy；　emancipation；　and　pity　for　human　calamity　is　very　beautiful；　but　the　deep　oblivion　of　the　Law　of　Right　and　Wrong；　this　〃indiscriminate　mashing　up　of　Right　and　Wrong　into　a　patent　treacle〃　of　the　Philanthropic　movement；　is　by　no　means　beautiful；　this；　on　the　contrary；　is　altogether　ugly　and　alarming。
  Truly　if　there　be　not　something　inarticulate　among　us；　not　yet　uttered　but　pressing　towards　utterance；　which　is　much　wiser　than　anything　we　have　lately　articulated　or　brought　into　word　or　action；　our　outlooks　are　rather　lamentable。　　The　great　majority
  of　the　powerful　and　active…minded；　sunk　in　egoistic　scepticisms；　busied　in　chase　of　lucre；　pleasure；　and　mere　vulgar　objects；　looking　with　indifference　on　the　world's　woes；　an