Of All Aspects Of Social Misery Nothing

Much Of The Insensibility And Hardness Of The World Is Due To The Lack Of Imagination Which Prevents A Realization Of The Experiences Of Other People.

A Settlement Is Above All A Place For Enthusiasms, A Spot To Which Those Who Have A Passion For The Equalization Of Human Joys And Opportunities Are Early Attracted.

In A Thousand Voices Singing The Hallelujah Chorus In Handel's "messiah," It Is Possible To Distinguish The Leading Voices, But The Differences Of Training And Cultivation Between Them And The Voices In The Chorus, Are Lost In The Unity Of Purpose And In The Fact That They Are All Human Voices Lifted By A High Motive.

It Is As Easy For Most Of Us To Keep From Stealing Our Dinners As It Is To Digest Them, And There Is Quite As Much Voluntary Morality Involved In One Process As The Other.

The Settlement ... Is An Experimental Effort To Aid In The Solution Of The Social And Industrial Problems Which Are Engendered By The Modern Conditions Of Life In A Great City. It Insists That These Problems Are Not Confined To Any One Portion Of The City. It Is An Attempt To Relieve, At The Same Time, The Overaccumulation At One End Of Society And The Destitution At The Other.