Word: alienates
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Munro, instructor in Government, will give the third of a series of weekly talks on "Some Problems of a Modern City," in Phillips Brooks House Parlor, this evening at 7 o'clock. Dr. Munro will speak on "City Problems Connected with the Alien Influx," showing the difficulties caused by foreign immigration...
Among the topics discussed in this series will be: The economic and political causes of urban concentration; the rural exodus and its causes; immigration and the municipal problems arising from congestion; the sociology of the slum; the political exploitation of the alien immigrant; naturalization and municipal politics; the municipal boss, his methods and the sources of his power; municipal problems arising from the identification of state and civic political parties...
...Munro of the Government department, Monday evenings at 7, Brooks Parlor. Among the topics discussed will be: The economic and political causes of urban concentration; the rural exodus and its causes; immigration and the municipal problems arising from congestion; the sociology of the slum; the political exploitation of the alien immi- grant; naturalization and municipal politics; the municipal "boss," his methods and the sources of his power; municipal problems arising from the identification of state and civic political parties; etc., etc. These lectures will form a consistent whole, so that a regular attendance is desired...
...Christians were to a great extent in the same position as the socialists and anarchists of the present day, who, on account of their unorthodox inspirations are rightly looked upon as revolutionary factors. As the church grew in strength the religious and monastic interests of the time were so alien to the civil and political life, that unity was impossible...
...perceive the answers to both these questions. To begin with, Christianity has nowhere entered peacefully; and missionaries were not the cause of the late troubles in China, for though they did, it is true, combat the key-note of Chinese peculiarities, it was the commercial greed of alien powers and the political influences exerted from without, which in reality created the strong feeling against all foreigners. American missionaries, in fact, have played a most important part in Chinese diplomatic questions, thus rendering invaluable services to our government...