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Editorial
April 9, 1791
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
This editorial extols domestic economy as an essential virtue that underpins stable public and private life, averts the miseries of want and moral lapses, and secures benefits for future generations.
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On DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
DOMESTIC economy, if not the most brilliant of virtues, is, at least, one of the most solid, and most useful I know of. On this foundation, public as well as private establishments are erected, not to be shaken: This is the obscure root which nourishes the luxuriant foliage of those trees which hide their heads in the clouds.—Want is a perpetual source of corroding cares, pangs of mind, and wakeful nights. Want is often the encourager of base and unjust actions, whereas economy rids us from all those torments, and is at once the comfortable support of our lives and the safe guard of our virtue. It is a soft pillow on which we repose without dread of the future, ever dark, and therefore terrible. Nor is its usefulness limited only to the present generation; the circle of its influence embraces remotest posterity; a privilege peculiar to itself.
DOMESTIC economy, if not the most brilliant of virtues, is, at least, one of the most solid, and most useful I know of. On this foundation, public as well as private establishments are erected, not to be shaken: This is the obscure root which nourishes the luxuriant foliage of those trees which hide their heads in the clouds.—Want is a perpetual source of corroding cares, pangs of mind, and wakeful nights. Want is often the encourager of base and unjust actions, whereas economy rids us from all those torments, and is at once the comfortable support of our lives and the safe guard of our virtue. It is a soft pillow on which we repose without dread of the future, ever dark, and therefore terrible. Nor is its usefulness limited only to the present generation; the circle of its influence embraces remotest posterity; a privilege peculiar to itself.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Domestic Economy
Virtue
Want
Posterity
Public Establishments
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Virtues Of Domestic Economy
Stance / Tone
Praise For Economy As A Solid Virtue
Key Arguments
Domestic Economy Is A Solid And Useful Virtue
It Forms The Foundation For Public And Private Establishments
Want Causes Corroding Cares And Unjust Actions
Economy Provides Comfort, Safeguards Virtue, And Ensures Repose Without Dread
Its Benefits Extend To Remotest Posterity