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A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 by Thomas Clarkson
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Occupations--Agriculture declining among the Quakers--Causes and
disadvantages of this decline.

CHAPTER IV.


SECT. I.--_Trade--Quakers view trade as a moral question--Prohibit a
variety of trades and dealings on this account--various other wholesome
regulations concerning it._

SECT. II.--_But though the Quakers thus prohibit many trades, they are
found in some which are considered objectionable by the world--These
specified and examined._

CHAPTER V.

_Settlement of differences--Abstain from duels-and also from law--Have
recourse to arbitration--Their rules concerning arbitration--An account
of an Arbitration Society at Newcastle upon Tyne, on Quaker-principles._

CHAPTER VI.

SECT. I.--_Poor--No beggars among the Quakers--Manner of relieving and
providing for the poor._

SECT. II.--_Education of the children of the poor provided
for--Observations on the number of the Quaker-poor--and on their
character._


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