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Excerpt from Practical Citizenship In the third section the reader is given a few practical hints, any or all of which he can follow in the attainment of practical citizenship and the larger life that follows from such attainment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Practice of Citizenship: In Home, School, Business, and Community Education for citizenship is one of the first duties of any self-governing society. The practice of citizen ship is fully as important a duty. Since we learn by doing, we shall never become good citizens simply by studying civic relations and problems, that is, if we do no more than prepare ourselves for future duties and responsibilities. If citizenship were chiefly a matter of voting and of governmental activities, the schools would necessarily limit themselves to preparation for adult citizenship. But citizenship is far more than that. A person is a citizen because he is a member of a nation; but the nation is only the greatest and most important of a large number of civic groups of which all of us are members. A few of these groups, such as the state and municipality, are chiefly political; some of them, such as business organizations, are predominantly eco nomic; but for boys or girls real membership is limited chiefly to two social groups, the home and the school. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from What America Means to Me: A Book of the People, by the People, for the People; Designed for Their Use in Preparing Themselves for the Practice of Citizenship IS it not a venturesome experiment for a nation to admit to the difficult privilege Of being a citizen in a democracy such a multitude Of recruits with no Special training for their task? Is it not an astonishing fact that for generations we have fought so strenuously for the franchise, but have done SO little to prepare ourselves for its exercise? It sometimes requires a surgical operation to awaken a nation to a realization of its Obvious needs. Such an Operation was performed for us by the recent World War. It helped us realize what it means to our national welfare, that among candidates for citizenship there is so large a number Of resident and unprepared aliens, that the military draft revealed an appalling number of illiterates among the native-born, that less than half the citizens Of America have had even a grammar school education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from State Government in Pennsylvania: A Manual of Practical Citizenship When the book went to press the Pamphlet Laws for 1917 were still unissued. This made it impossible to give the page in citing 1917 statutes, but the reference can easily be found by means of the date of approval which is given when making the citation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Citizenship in Philadelphia The attempt has been made to write about the work of the city departments in a Way that can be understood by the young citizen. But it is believed that this will not detract from the value of the book as a source of information for the adult citizen. At the present time there exists no other comprehensive study of the govern ment of Philadelphia to satisfy the increasing interest in city affairs. In this book will be found a large body of reliable information along varied lines of civic activity, 80 arranged as to be readily accessible to clergymen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Ethics of Citizenship This leads to an exposition in Elements of Political Consistency of the view that a sound practical judgment lies at the root of all true con sistenc'y; and to an analysis of the conditions which combine to make the judgment sound. Democracy ana' Character, which follows, is an attempt to estimate the influences which a demo cratic form of society, especially when it is com mercial and industrial, tends to exercise upon moral character. It is not denied that there are reasons for misgiving and apprehension; but, as against these, grounds for confidence are sought, firstly, in the fact that there is already so much in democratic development to strengthen the belief in the worth and possibilities of men; and, secondly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.