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...from a moral point of view into four classes: The first, those who are unaffected by temptation and whose lives are under the control of a superior being; the second, those who recognize evil, but fight with all that is in them to overcome it; the third those who drift about and do not contend with evil, either through thoughtlessness or because they have been defeated; and the last class, those who, overcome by temptation, are going to places in their moral and perhaps their physical nature. The question to be solved then is, how can those in the last...
...immigration from Southern Europe. It is claimed that these immigrants are so extremely undesirable that something should be done to keep them out, even if we do not strike at any other class. As a matter of fact, however, these people are desirable. It is claimed that they drift to the almshouses and slums. From the actual statistics that have been gathered, however, it is seen that the Italians and the Hungarians do not constitute such an alarming proportion of our slum population as has been claimed. The way to meet the evils of the slum population...
...Royce entitled: "Originality and Consciousness," an answer to the question "Why is the best human originality an unconscious product?" Professor Royce analyses "our human type of consciousness" with a view to getting at the originating element in our nature, and comes to the conclusion that it is the subconscious drift of our nature, not "consciousness that, in us men, is the originator." The subject of the symposium, which should have been called "Harvard's attitude toward smaller colleges" must strike the average reader as a rather far fetched and simple question to write six pages on. A. D. Sheffield develops...
...people; you will get interior views of economic and social problems which will be of very real use in civic and political as well as philanthropic work; in that kind of political work which the disinterested citizens of this country must more generally undertake or the country will drift into dangers which may lead to wreck. Among the things you will discover is the tremendous force of disinterested service; and the irresistible power of aroused public opinion for the accomplishment of every fort of good work. You will understand what Washington meant when he looked to that opinion, properly enlightened...
Geological Conference. Papers: Geological Problems of Warren County, Iowa, Mr. J. L. Tilton; Drift of the First and Last Glacial Epochs near Zurich, Switzerland, Professor Davis. Geological Laboratory...