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Excerpt from Problems in American Society: Some Social Studies To one attentive to the signs of the times, it is evident that a profound change is passing over the world of modem thought. In politics, economic questions are coming to the front; in literature, discussions of social problems are crowding aside the purely aesthetic creations; and in the church there is a growing tendency to ignore dogmas and to engage in the humanities. As we look along the book-shelves filled with recent publications, we see a profusion of works upon all phases of social science; as we glance at the topics upon which college graduates expend their enthusiasm, we find that these living issues outrank all purely academic themes; and, as we listen to the commingled voices of this practical and earnest age, we notice that the trumpet tones come from those who are pleading for some reform or urging some philanthropy. And it is well. Humanity is greater than any of its institutions, and it becomes the modern man to adjust his agencies to the work which he has to do. Nothing but good can come from a free discussion of all our social machinery. 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.