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The Dangerous classes of New York and twenty years' work among them
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The Dangerous Classes of New York
Author: Charles Loring BracePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
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The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among Them
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The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among Them
Author: Charles BracePublisher: Litres
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The Dangerous Classes of New York and Twenty Years Work Among Them
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The Dangerous Classes of New York
Author: Charles Loring BracePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
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Author: Charles Loring BracePublisher: Theclassics.Us
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...Streets, or the narrow lanes of the quarter, watching the ragged, wild children flitting about; or have visited the damp underground basements which every high tide flooded, crowded with men, women, and children; or climbed to the old rookeries, packed to the smallest attic with a wretched population, and have wished so that something might be done for this miserable quarter, which is in a Ward where more wealth is accumulated than in any other one place in America. First I induced our Board to send a careful agent through the district, to collect exact statistics. Then an application was made to the wealthy Corporation of Trinity Church, to assist or to found some charitable enterprise for this wretched population under the shadow of its spire. For two years we continued these applications, but without avail. Then it occurred to me that we should try the business-men who were daily passing these scenes of misery and crime. Fortunately, I struck upon a young merchant of singular conscientiousness of purpose, who had felt for a long time the sad evils of the Ward. With him I addressed another gentleman of a well-known elevation of character, and a certain manly persistency that led-him never to turn back when he had "put his hand to the plow." A few personal friends joined them, and I soon saw that we were secure of the future. Our leader had a great social influence, and he at once turned it to aid his philanthropic scheme; he himself, gave freely, and called upon his friends for money. The School was founded in 1860, and at once gathered in a large number of the waifs of the First Ward, and has had a like happy influence with our other Schools. Our treasurer and leader, Mr. J. Couper Lord--alas! too early taken from us...
The Dangerous Classes of New York and Twenty Years' Work Among Them (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles Loring BracePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331583939
Category : Social Science
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Pages : 248
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Excerpt from The Dangerous Classes of New York and Twenty Years' Work Among Them Like the other Schools, the Cottage Place gives a great deal of assistance to the poor, but it does so in connection with education, and therefore creates no pauperism. 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.