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Quotation from Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle
“Howard abated the Jail-fever; but it seems to me he has been the innocent cause of a far more distressing fever which rages high just now; what we may call the Benevolent-Platform Fever”
Latter-Day Pamphlets, No. II, Model Prisons (Project Gutenberg #1140)
After saluting John Howard's prison reform, Carlyle blames its sentimental heirs.
Citation: "Howard abated the Jail-fever; but it seems to me he has been the innocent cause of a far more distressing fever which rages high just now; what we may call the Benevolent-Platform Fever" — Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets, No. II, Model Prisons (Project Gutenberg #1140). (id latter-day-pamphlets-q5)
