She had her boy again-quite to herself when the Elder was away, and the tears for very happiness came to her eyes and dropped on her hands unchecked.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
A purely agricultural country, he thought, might be able to do without a Poor Law, because agricultural employment was comparatively steady; but in a manufacturing country a Poor Law was indispensable, on account of the long periods of depression or privation which were normal incidents in the life of labour in such a country, and on account of the pernicious effect which these periods of privation would, if unchecked, be certain to exercise upon the character and habits of the labouring classes, through "lowering their estimate of what is required for their comfortable and decent subsistence."
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
If prosperity ran on unchecked, the ordinary, well-established business would soon be a thing of the past, for people would speculate instead of work.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter