A

PORTRAITURE

OF

QUAKERIS M,

TAKEN FROM

A VIEW OF THE

MORAL EDUCATION, DISCIPLINE, PECULIAR
CUSTOMS, RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES,
POLITICAL AND CIVIL ECONOMY,

AND CHARACTER,

OF THE

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,

BY

1

THOMAS CLARKSON, M.A.
AUTHOR OF SEVERAL ESSAYS ON THE SUBJECT OF

Sect. 3. -neither do they use mourning garments

reasons why they thus differ from the world

these reasons further elucidated by con-

siderations on court-mourning

39

CHAP. III,

Occupations-agriculture declining among the Quakers-

causes and disadvantages of this decline

45

CHAP. IV.

Sect. !. Trade-Quakers view trade as a moral question

- prohibit a variety of trades and dealings

on this account-various other wholesome re-

gulations concerning it

53

Sect. 2. --but though the Quakers thus prohibit many

trades, they are found in some which are con-

sidered objectionable by the world—these spe-

cified and examined

62

CHAP. V.

Settlement of differences abstain from duels--and alsa

from law-have recourse to arbitration-

their rules concerning arbitration--an account

of an arbitration-society at Newcastle-upon-

Tyne on Quaker-principles

.. 76

CH AP, v.

SECT. 1. Poorno beggars among the Quakers-manner

of relieving and providing for their poor . 89

SECT. 2. Education of the children of their poor provided

forobservations on the number of the Qua-

ker-poor--and on their character

94