Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the ... Annual Session Held in ...Press of Geo. H. Ellis., 1912 - Charities |
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Page 411 - Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 18 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil : whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Page 18 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Page 405 - Laws may be passed fixing and regulating the hours of labor, establishing a minimum wage, and providing for the comfort, health, safety and general welfare of all employes ; and no other provision of the constitution shall impair or limit this power.
Page 34 - The act directed the bureau to investigate and report upon "all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people...
Page 421 - The poverty which in the midst of abundance pinches and embrutes men, and all the manifold evils which flow from it, spring from a denial of justice. In permitting the monopolization of the opportunities which nature freely offers to all, we have ignored the fundamental law...
Page 279 - the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations, either physically or mentally.
Page 196 - The mood and temper of the public with regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of any country.
Page 205 - ... in our prisons. Work is no less an auxiliary to virtue than it is a means of support. Steady, active, honorable labor is the basis of all reformatory discipline. It not only aids reformation, but is essential to it. It was a maxim with Howard, " Make men diligent, and they will be honest.
Page 84 - A needy blind person shall be construed to mean any person who, by reason of loss of eyesight, is unable to provide himself with the necessities of life, and who has not sufficient means of his own to enable him to maintain himself. SECTION 3. A needy blind person...