Panopticon; PostScript Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1791 edition. ... hut induftry? Is coarfe diet nothing? Is confinement, is lofs of liberty in every fhape nothing? To me it would feem but fo much the better, if a man could be taught to love labour, inftead of being taught to loath it. Occupation, inftead of the prifoner's fcourge, fhould be called and fhould be made as much as pofhble, a cordial to him. It is in itfelf fwcet in companion of forced idlenefs; and the produce of it will give it a double favour. The mere exertion, the mere naked energy is amufement, where loofer ones arc not to be found. Take it in either point of view, induftry is a bl-effing--why paint it as a curfe? Hard labour?--labourharder than ordinary, in a prifon?--not only it has no bufinefs there, but a prifon is the only place in which it is not to be ha