Excerpt from Sociology: Its Simpler Teachings and Applications<br><br>IN an attempt to simplify the teachings of sociology and to Show how they may be applied to social prob lems, the explanations may not always seem simple, nor the applications immediately practicable. The most elementary sociological vocabulary is necessarily some what technical, and there is to-day wide variation as to purpose and procedure in social reorganization. Yet the writer feels that there are many who will welcome a discussion of social betterment which does not lead up to a socialistic conclusion.<br><br>In educational and religious circles, in women's clubs and philanthropic associations, there is a deep interest in the question of the regeneration of society, but a distrust of the many Short-cut methods presented as panaceas. Experience seems to teach that the road to Elysium is hard and toilsome,1 and that no Rome can be built in a day.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.