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Title: Arena magazine - Volume 40
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: B.O. Flower (ed.)
Subjects: Progressivism -- United States liberalism reformism social reform Christian Socialism Gay 90s political commentary Benjamin Orange Flower Progressive era social gospel
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BOTH BOY AND MAN RESTED THEIR HANDS OENTLY ON THEWAVY BLACK HAIR OF TOE FAITHFIL DOG. From Three of a Kind. by Richard Burton.Little, Brown & Company. (Page 266.By permission of are so important a part of such a work havebecome out of date, while many new facts callfor a complete revision of the work. Thisimportant labor was undertaken by Mary R.Coolidge, an old pupil and colleague of Mr.Warner and a writer of prominence on ques-tions relating to sociology, charity and philan-thropy. The volume has been completelyrevised and all data and tables brought downas nearly as possible to date, while the finespirit that marked the original work has beenmaintained. The book is divided into four parts, treatingof the subject historically and theoretically, thedependent classes, administration arid finan- Diniti7PdhvL-iOOQ P G04J J)ur Literary Section: Best Books of the Holiday Season.
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Photo, by Marceau, New York. UPTON SINCLAIR,Author of The Money-Changers. •ciering, and the supervision, organization andbetterments of charities. It is a very completework and the tables will prove suggestive andhelpful to students of social problems. We incline to believe we are rapidly enteringa revolutionary epoch in which the master-concern of society will be the surrounding of■every citizen with conditions that will imme-diately minify other evils that follow in thewake of poverty. As a rule we have foundthose engaged in organized charities too fre-quently seem to regard their work as an endaimed at rather than merely as a palliativemeasure necessary until more fundamentallyjust conditions can be inaugurated. ThisAttitude we believe to be distinctly subversiveof the best interests of civilization, as it tendsto make charity work demoralizing to thosewho support it. They seem to regard the evilas a necessary one and to think that when theyhave contributed to organized charity

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