Andtheysmitehimbeneficentlywithsoreafflictions，andblighthisworldallintogrimfrozenruinsroundhim，——andcanmakeawanderingExileoftheirDante，andnotasoft-beddedPodestaofFlorence，iftheywishtogeta_DivineComedy_outofhim。Naythatratheristheirway，whentheyhaveworthyworkforsuchaman；theyscourgehimmanifoldlytotheduepitch，sometimesnearlyofdespair，thathemaysearchdesperatelyforhiswork，andfindit；theyurgehimonstillwithbeneficentstripeswhenneedful，asisconstantlythecasebetweenwhiles；and，infact，haveprivatelydecidedtorewardhimwithbeneficentdeathbyandby，andnotwithmoneyatall。Omybenevolentfriend，IhonorHowardverymuch；butitisonthissideidolatryalongway，nottoaninfinite，buttoadecidedlyfiniteextent！Andyou，——putnotthemodestnobleHoward，atrulymodestman，totheblush，byforcingthesereflectionsonus！
CholeraDoctors，hiredtodiveintoblackdensofinfectionanddespair，they，rushingaboutalldayfromlanetolane，withtheirlifeintheirhand，arefoundtodotheirfunction；whichisamuchmoreruggedonethanHoward’s。Orwhatsaywe，CholeraDoctors？Raggedloselsgatheredbybeatofdrumfromtheovercrowdedstreetsofcities，anddrilledalittleanddressedinred，donottheystandfireinanuncensurablemanner；andhandsomelygivetheirlife，ifneedful，attherateofashillingperday？Humanvirtue，ifwewentdowntotherootsofit，isnotsorare。Thematerialsofhumanvirtueareeverywhereabundantasthelightofthesun：rawmaterials，——Owoe，andloss，andscandalthriceandthreefold，thattheysoseldomareelaborated，andbuiltintoaresult！thattheylieyetunelaborated，andstagnantinthesoulsofwide-spreaddrearymillions，fermenting，festering；andissueatlastasenergeticviceinsteadofstrongpracticalvirtue！AMrs。Manning“dyinggame，“——alas，isnotthatthefoiledpotentialityofakindofheroinetoo？NotaheroicJudith，notamotheroftheGracchinow，butahideousmurderess，fittobethemotherofhyenas！Tosuchextentcanpotentialitiesbefoiled。Education，kingship，command，——whereisit，whitherhasitfled？Woeathousandtimes，thatthis，whichisthetaskofallkings，captains，priests，publicspeakers，land-owners，book-writers，mill-owners，andpersonspossessingorpretendingtopossessauthorityamongmankind，——isleftneglectedamongthemall；andinsteadofitsolittledonebutprotocolling，black-or-whitesurplicing，partridge-shooting，parliamentaryeloquenceandpopulartwaddle-literature；withsuchresultsaswesee！——
HowardabatedtheJail-fever；butitseemstomehehasbeentheinnocentcauseofafarmoredistressingfeverwhichrageshighjustnow；whatwemaycalltheBenevolent-PlatformFever。Howardistoberegardedastheunluckyfountainofthattumultuousfrothyocean-tideofbenevolentsentimentality，“abolitionofpunishment，“all-absorbing“prison-discipline，“andgeneralmorbidsympathy，insteadofheartyhatred，forscoundrels；whichisthreateningtodrownhumansocietyasindeluges，andleave，insteadofan“edificeofsociety“fitforthehabitationofmen，acontinentoffetidoozeinhabitableonlybymud-godsandcreaturesthatwalkupontheirbelly。Fewthingsmoredistressathinkingsoulatthistime。
MostsickamI，Ofriends，ofthissugarydisastrousjargonofphilanthropy，thereignoflove，neweraofuniversalbrotherhood，andnotParadisetotheWell-deservingbutParadisetoAll-and-sundry，whichpossessesthebenightedmindsofmenandwomeninourday。Myfriends，IthinkyouaremuchmistakenaboutParadise！“NoParadiseforanybody：hethatcannotdowithoutParadise，gohisways：“supposeyoutriedthatforawhile！Ireckonthatthesaferversion。Unhappysugarybrethren，thisisalluntrue，thisother；contrarytothefact；
notatatterofitwillhangtogetherinthewindandweatheroffact。InbrotherhoodwiththebaseandfoolishI，forone，donotmeantolive。Notinbrotherhoodwiththemwaslifehithertoworthmuchtome；inpity，inhopenotyetquiteswallowedofdisgust，——otherwiseinenmitythatmustlastthrougheternity，inunappeasableaversionshallIhavetolivewiththese！