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Home Grounds (Classic Reprint) by Alexander F Oakey
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Author: Alexander F Oakey
Number of Pages: 138 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781332327393
File size: 18 Mb
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Excerpt from Home Grounds It is in this search that his temper, his taste, and his aspirations show themselves, and by nothing more than by what he has done or left undone in improving and beautifying his immediate surroundings. Who can not fairly judge of the sanitary, intellectual, and moral status of a community or of a private dwelling by its outward conditions? The straggling squalor of the outskirts of cities is much more than sensually shocking in its analogy to the souls who are content with such surroundings. In short, where no prospect pleases, it is hardly to be wondered at if man is vile. It is futile to preach against alcohol to a man who finds in it a relief from the hideousness of his daily life. Our parks have already afforded a respite from the exigencies that largely support the rum-shops; but, until landscape gardening in its broadest sense is recognized as a constant necessity, we shall hardly do more than better the physical condition of a few people here and there in our large towns. In proof of this assertion - the constant efforts of philanthropists in sending poor children away from the cities with satisfactory results - without sentimentality, it is not too much to say that in a tour of our tenement-house districts, we shall find the happiest and most respectable families to be those who have a well-cared for box of plants in their window. In short, he who has no love of nature lacks at least one quality of a man. 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.
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Home Grounds (Classic Reprint) by Alexander F Oakey
Author: Alexander F Oakey
Number of Pages: 138 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781332327393
File size: 18 Mb
File Name: home.grounds.(classic.reprint).pdf
Download Link: home grounds (classic reprint)
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Excerpt from Home Grounds It is in this search that his temper, his taste, and his aspirations show themselves, and by nothing more than by what he has done or left undone in improving and beautifying his immediate surroundings. Who can not fairly judge of the sanitary, intellectual, and moral status of a community or of a private dwelling by its outward conditions? The straggling squalor of the outskirts of cities is much more than sensually shocking in its analogy to the souls who are content with such surroundings. In short, where no prospect pleases, it is hardly to be wondered at if man is vile. It is futile to preach against alcohol to a man who finds in it a relief from the hideousness of his daily life. Our parks have already afforded a respite from the exigencies that largely support the rum-shops; but, until landscape gardening in its broadest sense is recognized as a constant necessity, we shall hardly do more than better the physical condition of a few people here and there in our large towns. In proof of this assertion - the constant efforts of philanthropists in sending poor children away from the cities with satisfactory results - without sentimentality, it is not too much to say that in a tour of our tenement-house districts, we shall find the happiest and most respectable families to be those who have a well-cared for box of plants in their window. In short, he who has no love of nature lacks at least one quality of a man. 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.
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