Excerpt from Humaniculture There are few civilised communities that are not seriously and earnestly concern ing themselves with the causes Of the terrible phenomena of degeneration that are so prominent a feature of modern city populations. In an undefined and vague way the Old illogical reasonings no longer suffice to quiet our consciences; less superficial causes and more effective remedies are being eagerly sought for, not only by philanthropists, but by politicians and administrators. 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.