A book of modern social inquiry has a shape that is somewhat sharply defined. It begins as a rule with an analysis, with statistics, tables of population, decrease of crime among Congregationalists, growth of hysteria among policemen, and similar ascertained facts; it ends with a chapter that is generally called "The Remedy." It is almost wholly due to this careful, solid, and scientific method that "The Remedy" is never found. For this scheme of medical question and answer is a blunder; the first great blunder of sociology. It is always called stating the disease before we find the cure. But it is the whole definition and dignity of man that in social matters we must actually find the cure before we find the disease.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	October 21, 2018
ISBN13	9781727733952
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	168
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 9 mm · 231 g
Language	English

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