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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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A
celebrated
writer
of
the
period[105]
gives
it
as
his
opinion,
that
"the
penny-post
scheme
was
a
much
wiser
and
more
effective
measure
than
the
Prussian
system
of
education"
just
then
established.
"By
the
reduction
of
the
postage
on
letters,"
adds
he,
"the
use
and
advantage
of
education
has
been
brought
home
to
the
common
man
(for
it
no
longer
costs
him
a
day's
pay
to
communicate
with
his
family).
A
state
machinery
of
schoolmasters
on
the
Prussian
system
would
cost
far
more
than
the
sacrifice
of
revenue
by
the
reduction
of
postage.
This
measure
will
be
the
great
historical
distinction
of
the
reign
of
Victoria.
Every
mother
in
the
kingdom
who
has
children
earning
their
bread
at
a
distance
lays
her
head
on
the
pillow
at
night
with
a
feeling
of
gratitude
for
this
blessing."
Almost
all
now
living,
who
shared
the
benefits
of
the
scheme
at
this
early
date,
could
probably
relate
some
anecdote
which
circumstances
had
brought
to
their
knowledge
as
to
the
operation
of
penny
postage
on
the
poorer
classes
especially.
Thus,
the
then
Inspector
of
Prisons
for
Scotland,
visiting
the
Shetland
Islands
in
1842,
writes:[106]
"The
Zetlanders
are
delighted
with
cheap
postage.
The
postmaster
told
me
that
the
increase
in
the
number
of
letters
is
astonishing....
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