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Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . hat that was one of thegreat secrets in the old system of administration,that ordinarily they did not attempt to imposeupon us. On the ready zeal of voluntary agents, says : I would not answer theoretically, IIOIV TO ORGANIZE LARGE CITIES. 163 but appeal to experience. I would appeal firstto the experience of Dr. Chalmers, when hefound that there was not the slightest difficultyin getting visitors. I would appeal to the ex-perience in Elberfeld, where they find that thereare more who offer themselves as volunteers thanthey have room to accept. I
Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . hat that was one of thegreat secrets in the old system of administration,that ordinarily they did not attempt to imposeupon us. On the ready zeal of voluntary agents, says : I would not answer theoretically, IIOIV TO ORGANIZE LARGE CITIES. 163 but appeal to experience. I would appeal firstto the experience of Dr. Chalmers, when hefound that there was not the slightest difficultyin getting visitors. I would appeal to the ex-perience in Elberfeld, where they find that thereare more who offer themselves as volunteers thanthey have room to accept. I would appeal tothe experience in Paris, where they find thesame. I would appeal to the experience inDresden. And as to the experience in the Edin-burgh Association, he testifies: We have up-wards of 1000 agents now at work, and very fewhave retired from the work ; and what has givenus great encouragement about it is, that thosewho are working are always expressing moreand more interest in it, and are getting moreand more devoted to ^^5^ XIII. THE CITY OF GOD.
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