Readings in Civil SociologyEdward Alsworth Ross, Mrs. Mary Edna McCaull Bohlman World book Company, 1926 - 398 pages |
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... important institution of the time . The rearing of large families was the normal and proper objective of life . But the Civil War brought this early period to a close , and was followed by an era of readjustment and a great industrial ...
... important institution of the time . The rearing of large families was the normal and proper objective of life . But the Civil War brought this early period to a close , and was followed by an era of readjustment and a great industrial ...
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... important contributing cause was the influence of the war . There is a strong presumption that the war increased the number of married persons within the coun- try . Doubtless some marriages were contracted in order to procure PER CENT ...
... important contributing cause was the influence of the war . There is a strong presumption that the war increased the number of married persons within the coun- try . Doubtless some marriages were contracted in order to procure PER CENT ...
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... importance is that these men were so stupid that it was not even worth the while of the government to outfit them and try to train them for military service . They could not make of them the ordinary type of common soldier , who ...
... importance is that these men were so stupid that it was not even worth the while of the government to outfit them and try to train them for military service . They could not make of them the ordinary type of common soldier , who ...
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... important place in American his- tory because of its relation to westward expansion . In Peck's New Guide to the West , published in Boston in 1837 , occurs this suggestive passage : Generally , in all the Western settlements , three ...
... important place in American his- tory because of its relation to westward expansion . In Peck's New Guide to the West , published in Boston in 1837 , occurs this suggestive passage : Generally , in all the Western settlements , three ...
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... importance . The works of travelers along each frontier from colonial days onward describe certain common traits , and these traits have , while softening down , still persisted as survivals in the place of their origin , even when a ...
... importance . The works of travelers along each frontier from colonial days onward describe certain common traits , and these traits have , while softening down , still persisted as survivals in the place of their origin , even when a ...
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Page 274 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 22 - American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character.
Page 141 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization it expects what never was and never will be...
Page 340 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 115 - How long,' they say, ' how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart,— \ Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, O gold-heaper, And your purple shows your path ! But the child's sob in the silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath.
Page 276 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of New York ; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.
Page 114 - Turns the long light that droppeth down the wall, Turn the black flies that crawl along the ceiling, All are turning, all the day, and we with all. And all day the iron wheels are droning, And sometimes we could pray, " O ye wheels " (breaking out in a mad moaning), " Stop ! be silent for to-day ! "
Page 155 - Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Page 210 - ... or to pay or reward, directly or indirectly, those who bring or influence the bringing of such cases to his office, or to remunerate policemen, court or prison officials, physicians, hospital attaches or others who may succeed, under the guise of giving disinterested friendly advice, in influencing the criminal, the sick and the injured, the ignorant or others, to seek his professional services. A duty to the public and to the profession devolves upon every member of the Bar having knowledge...
Page 140 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.