Excerpt from An Historical Account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, 1789 Introrher'e' is nothing which reflects greater honor upon human: nature, thanthofe 111111111 tions which owe their rife to motives of Renevo lence, and Of fuch there are. Many and excellent 1n their kinds, the g1ory and ornament of thefe Kingdoms. But Where we. Find attention to the. Relief of private dif'trefs, Jo1ne'd to the 111011 elireetual Care Of the public intercits, We cannot help adm11111g the political Wif'dom of fu'ch an Inititution, Whilfi we are delighted with the refleetion that 1t IS the fource of happinefs to individuals. Infiitutions of th1s for.t,11ow' ever, requiring ability proportionable to the 'beneficial eiteets which they are meant to profs duce, cannot be fupported unlefs Cheriihed by the fireams of public Munificence, and the1nv1 gorating rays of Royal Favor. 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.