That Last Waif; or, Social Quarantine. Fletcher Horace

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       Horace Fletcher

      That Last Waif; or, Social Quarantine

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066203276

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       FOREWORD

       1903 PREFACE

       Explanation of The A.B.C. Life Series THE ESSENTIALS AND SEQUENCE IN LIFE

       PREFACE "And a little child shall lead them."

       THE LOST WAIF

       THE LOST WAIF

       THE MENACE OF THE HAVE-TO-BE

       THE MENACE OF THE HAVE-TO-BE

       SOCIAL QUARANTINE FIRST

       SOCIAL QUARANTINE FIRST

       QUARANTINE

       QUARANTINE

       QUARANTINE AGAINST UNCIVILIZED INCONSISTENCY

       QUARANTINE AGAINST UNCIVILIZED INCONSISTENCY BY TURNING THE SEARCH-LIGHTS INWARD

       QUARANTINE AGAINST IDLENESS

       QUARANTINE AGAINST IDLENESS BY CHOICE OF AN OCCUPATION

       QUARANTINE AGAINST MISUNDERSTANDING

       QUARANTINE AGAINST MISUNDERSTANDING CHARACTER-BUILDING AND HABIT-FORMING SCHOOLS

       QUARANTINE AGAINST MALADMINISTRATION

       QUARANTINE AGAINST MALADMINISTRATION; OR, PLACE FOR A MOTHER DEPARTMENT IN GOVERNMENT

       SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCAL QUARANTINE ORGANIZATIONS

       SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCAL QUARANTINE ORGANIZATIONS

       SARAH B. COOPER

       SARAH B. COOPER THE KINDERGARTEN IN ITS BEARINGS UPON CRIME, PAUPERISM, AND INSANITY By Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, of San Francisco.

       CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY

       CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY

       AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM

       AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM

       SUMMARY

       SUMMARY

       LOGICAL SEQUENCES

       IT HAS BEGUN

       INDIVIDUAL CO-OPERATION OR What Constitutes an Active Quarantinist

       Later, February 1st, 1899

      "It was Juvenal who said, 'The man's character is made at seven; what he then is, he will always be.' This seems a sweeping assertion, but Aristotle, Plato, Lycurgus, Plutarch, Bacon, Locke, and Lord Brougham, all emphasize the same idea, while leading educators of a modern day are all united upon this point." [Sarah B. Cooper, to the National Conference of Charities and Correction of the United States and Canada.]

      "This institution was established as the result of a quickened public conscience on the subject of waifs of the State, a comprehensive understanding of the relation of the State to the child, and the demonstrated effect of such institutions in decreasing crime." [The American Journal of Sociology, May, 1898, page 790.]

FOREWORD

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      "Waif," as herein employed, applies to all neglected or abused children, and not especially to those who have lost their parents, or have been abandoned.

      While the evidence of the kindergartners may seem extreme as to the possibility of making useful citizens of all children, the unanimity of their enthusiasm must be taken as very strong evidence.

      The plea for a social quarantine which shall establish protection for helpless infancy during the period of present neglect, and when the cost is insignificant, is made in the belief that, once attracted to the idea of the possibility of social quarantine, which is nothing if not complete, popular sentiment will demand a continuance of organized protection for each member of society as long as he may be helpless or weak, without reference to an age limit.

      Immediate special attention, however, should be given to the victims of the "sweaters," to unsanitary work-rooms and other environing conditions provided by conscienceless (usually alien) employers, and to the prevention of children being employed in occupations where temptation is so strong as to be a menace to unformed character.

1903 PREFACE

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