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Private Beneficence Is Totally Inadequate To Deal With The Vast Numbers Of The City's Disinherited.

When The Sense Of Justice Seeks To Express Itself Quite Outside The Regular Channels Of Established Government, It Has Set Forth On A Dangerous Journey Inevitably Ending In Disaster.

Perhaps I May Record Here My Protest Against The Efforts, So Often Made, To Shield Children And Young People From All That Has To Do With Death And Sorrow, To Give Them A Good Time At All Hazards On The Assumption That The Ills Of Life Will Come Soon Enough. Young People Themselves Often Resent This Attitude On The Part Of Their Elders; They Feel Set Aside And Belittled As If They Were Denied The Common Human Experiences.

As Democracy Modifies Our Conception Of Life, It Constantly Raises The Value And Function Of Each Member Of The Community, However Humble He May Be.

The Common Stock Of Intellectual Enjoyment Should Not Be Difficult Of Access Because Of The Economic Position Of Him Who Would Approach It.