Hundreds of poor laboring men and women are being thrown into jails and police stations because of their political beliefs. In fact, an attempt is being made to deport an entire political party.

As democracy modifies our conception of life, it constantly raises the value and function of each member of the community, however humble he may be.

A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in."

If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.

In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

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.

No one so poignantly realizes the failures in the social structure as the man at the bottom, who has been most directly in contact with those failures and has suffered most.