Word: citizens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reforms in New York in tenement house and school administrations, and an ardent supporter of movements for securing small parks and playgrounds. Among his books are "The Making of an American," "How the Other Half Lives," "The Children of the Poor," "The Battle of the Slum," "Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen...
...human instinct, goes to support the belief that the cure for other things than drunkenness lies in giving every man a chance of a decent and comfortable home, that at all events without that chance he will not be content and cannot be counted upon as a good citizen. What choice shall we make then? How shall we rate our fellow-citizens of tomorrow--in terms of money, or of men? If the former, perhaps you will make money. If the latter, without fail you will make men. Which...
...most active in the small parks and play grounds movement, and in securing reforms in tenement house and school administrations. Among his books are, "How the Other Half Lives," "The Children of the Poor," "Nibsy's Christmas," "Out of Mulberry Street," "The Battle with the Slum," "Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen." In "The Making of an American," Mr. Riis gives an autobiographical sketch...
...here he went to the First Congregational Church of Jamaica Plain, which charge he still holds. In June he received from Bowdoin the honorary degree of D.D. His appointment as Ingersoll Lecturer was announced on June 3, 1906. Among his works are, "The Religion of a Gentleman," "The American Citizen," "Luxury and Sacrifice," "The Problem of Duty," and "The Spirit of Democracy...
...then for one year professor of Greek in the University of Vermont. In 1874 he accepted a position as minister in Portland, Maine. Since 1876 he has been minister of the First Congregational Church of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Among Mr. Dole's writings are: "The Citizen and the Neighbor," "Jesus and the Men About Him," "The American Citizen," "The Golden Rule in Business," "Luxury and Sacrifice," "The Theology of Civilization," "The Problem of Duty," and "The Spirit of Democracy...