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(2) " The remedy, to be effectual, must change the circumstances, when they are the cause of his wretched condition, and lie beyond his control.
(3) " Any remedy worthy of consideration must be on a scale commensurate with the evil, which it proposes to deal •with. It is no use trying to bale out the ocean with a pint pot. There must be no more philanthropic tinkering, as if this vast sea of human misery were contained in the limits of a garden pond.
(4) " Not only must the scheme be large enough, but it must be permanent. That is to say, it must not be merely spasmodic coping with the misery of to-day, but must go on dealing with the misery of to-morrow and the clay after, so long as there is misery left in the world with which to grapple.
(5) " But while it must be permanent, it must also be immediately practicable, and capable of being brought into instant operation with beneficial results.
(6) " The indirect features of the scheme must not be such as to produce injury to the persons whom we seek to benefit. Mere charity for instance, while relieving the pinch of hunger, demoralises the recipient. It is no use conferring sixpenny worth of benefit on a man, if at the same time we do him a shillings worth of harm.
(7) " While assisting one class of the community, it must not seriously interfere with the interest of another.
" These are the conditions by which I ask you to test the scheme I am about to unfold, They are not of my making. They are the laws which govern the work of the pi.ilaxithr.o-