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Excerpt from Children Born Out of Wedlock: A Sociological Study of Illegitimacy, With Particular Reference to the United States
What are we doing to ascertain and interpret the causes of this evil? Are we dealing effectively with mother and child? How about the father? How successful has been our remedial legislation? Have we an adequate preventive pro gram in consideration? These and other questions suggest themselves. We must, therefore, face this problem fearlessly, resolve the causes into their individual and social ele ments as far as possible, and then build up a permanent con structive program. This book does not pretend to accomplish these ends. It recognizes the need Of additional case study and of more conclusive statistics relating to many aspects of the problem. If, however, it can indicate some forward steps, the author will be content. Too long have we waited on each other; too long have we refused to consider impartially the broader hu man phases of illegitimacy and the attitude which society must take towards the men, women and children involved. Whatever can be done to meet such needs will represent an important gain. 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.
