Excerpt from Lectures on Statistics and Political Economy: As Affecting the Condition of the Operative and Labouring Classes; Delivered at the London Mechanics' Institution, in 1830 and 1831; With Notes; To Which Are Prefixed Correspondence and Resolutions, Published in 1830 by a Select Class of Members of the Lo Since the delivery of the latter six of these Lec tures, my time has been so incessantly occupied, that I have been unable to bestow upon them that correction which I should have wished them to re ceive previously to their publication. Perhaps their want of this final polish may be deemed by some persons to constitute a merit; but my respect for the public would not have permitted me to spare any care or attention in their composition, if the necessity of the case had not compelled me to give them to the world in their original dress. This must be my excuse for any occasional repetitions of argu ment and inaccuracies of language, which may pos sibly be found in them by a critical reader. They were taken down at the time of delivery by a shorthand writer; the matter, in the selection of which no slight diligence had been employed, having been previously prepared; and from these notes they are now published. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.