 ... to-day by all the surviving members of the Committee of Fifteen. It is a remarkable fact that when we came together to investigate the problem, knowing very little about it — just about as much or as little as does the ordinary man or woman —...  Social Diseases - Page 51911Full view - About this book
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 666 pages
...fortunately, however, firmly sustained by the proposer and his friends, and finally sanctioned upon the principle, ' that it could do no harm and might do some good.' But the joint committee, prepossessed in favor of the Oswego route, directed the surveyor-general to... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - 1851 - 478 pages
...fortunately, however, firmly sustained by the proposer and his friends, and finally sanctioned upon the principle, ' that it could do no harm and might do some good.' But the joint committee, preĢ possessed in favor of the Oswego route, directed the surveyor-general... | |
 | 1848 - 622 pages
...Legislature finally consented to appropriate six hundred dollars for the exploration of a route, upon the principle " that it could do no harm, and might do some good." When, in January 1809, Mr. Forman waited on Mr. Jefferson, and informed him that the State of New York... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1879 - 474 pages
...were no longer heard, but the ground on which some members said they voted for the resolution, was " that it could do no harm, and might do some good." It will be observed, that the resolution, as passed, is unlike the one introduced, in this: Directions... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1880 - 480 pages
...were no longer heard, but the ground on which some members said they voted for the resolution, was " that it could do no harm, and might do some good." It will be observed, that the resolution, as passed, is unlike the one introduced, in this: Directions... | |
 | 1911 - 1188 pages
...wise to approach the subject from a somewhat broader point of view." He goes on to say: " There is one point I should like to emphasize, as leading up...reglementation was inadvisable and inadmissible." Prof. Seligman gives a brief glimpse of the methods of dealing with prostitution in ancient times,... | |
 | Alan M. Kent - 1912 - 702 pages
...measures looking toward its diminution, Prof. Seligman, who was a member of the original committee, says : "It is a remarkable fact that when we came together...after a prolonged study of the situation as regards the facts and the general principles involved — that the committee came unanimously to the conclusion... | |
 | Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman - 1925 - 418 pages
...point I should like to emphasize, as leading up to my position — and, I may say in this respect that it is the position which, so far as I know, is taken...regards both the facts and the general principles, that the committee came unanimously to the conclusion that reglementation was inadvisable and inadmissible.... | |
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