Sunlight and Shadow of America´s Great Cities (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Sunlight and Shadow of America´s Great Cities The following pages, descriptive of five distinct phases in American civilization, have been prepared solely for purposes of enlightenment, which, it is my earnest hope, may be regarded in the light of wholesome revelation. While the descriptions are devoted to unmasking social evils, they are not prompted by pessimislical reflections, but rather to show the dark and ominous sides of national life, that the beauties of refinement and purity may appear nobler by comparison. The rich are too often painted with colors which fawning sycophancy delights to use, and are made subjects for adulation even though their virtues be the bane of society. I have, therefore, sought to dispel illusions, and present pictures of vice which may serve a useful purpose in estimating metropolitan life. The labor involved in this work has not been altogether pleasant or agreeable to my better feelings. Recognizing the importance of faithfulness in my descriptions, and to familiarize myself thoroughly with the subjects treated, I visited personally the cities of New York, Washington City, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and New Orleans, and remained an appreciable length of time in each, studying the phases of their social life. No apology shall be offered for the language herein employed, for I have diligently striven to avoid pruriency by using chaste euphemisms when the subject was of offensive character. 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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