These results, it is true, could not have been attained without Government encouragement and direction; but surely no better way of dispensing charity was ever devised than to make the destitute earn it for themselves, and pay back the advances furnished them.
Reid argues that government support helped destitute individuals earn their own way, rather than simply receiving charity.
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