Philanthropic Agencies in Rhode Island (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Philanthropic Agencies in Rhode IslandThe origin of each kind of social service can not always be traced to the beginning of the problem but rather to a spasmodic and some times temporary awakening of the public, the church or the state, and many of the remedies applied are often makeshifts and pallia tives which are intended as a temporary relief to the evils of problems alreadycreated, rather than the prevention of such evils. This has resulted in a considerable number of ill-conceived and poorly organ ized socialities and organizations which have for their aim the relief or cure of social evils without regard to any general relation of specific problems to the whole of the social system and without a scientific and properly planned method of service.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.