Horace Fletcher
That Last Waif; or, Social Quarantine
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066203276
Table of Contents
Explanation of The A.B.C. Life Series THE ESSENTIALS AND SEQUENCE IN LIFE
PREFACE "And a little child shall lead them."
QUARANTINE AGAINST UNCIVILIZED INCONSISTENCY
QUARANTINE AGAINST UNCIVILIZED INCONSISTENCY BY TURNING THE SEARCH-LIGHTS INWARD
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
AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM
AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM
INDIVIDUAL CO-OPERATION OR What Constitutes an Active Quarantinist
"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
"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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