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The Girl Who Disappeared

Clifford Griffith Roe

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...is the difference? Why is it that houses of vice and resorts of immorality are allowed to become open emporiums, in fact, great expositions where strangers to the city and guileless youths are debauched and corrupted? "This is the difference," said the Prosecutor, pointing his finger at Steve, as though he would drive his remarks home with the greatest force, "the public and the citizens of our communities have nodded assent to the wTong value of a human being. They have, directly or indirectly, placed a higher value on property, goods and chattels, than they have upon the morals of the people. We have allowed and encouraged our public officials to value the dollar or the gold wratch at a higher rate than they value the body and soul of a girl--somebody's daughter. For example, in Illinois a fellow who steals over fifteen dollars or a gold watch worth more than fifteen dollars is sent to the penitentiary for at least one year, and in most cases they get much more, while a fellow who steals a girl and sells her body and soul into vice receives a sentence of from six months to a year in the County jail, or House of Correction, and a fine of from three hundred to a thousand dollars, and it has only been in the last few years that they received more than a fine for this. There are some states today that impose only a fine in such cases. There you have it! We pass laws to protect the public morals, and then we sit down in a self-satisfied manner, feel that we have done our duty, and allow the police to regulate and tolerate these crimes. I suppose the reason of this is that 'what is everybody's business is nobody's business, ' and the people have not been sufficiently aroused to insist upon justice in this regard. I believe that people as a rule lo...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Girl Who Disappeared. To get started finding The Girl Who Disappeared, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 76

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1150786469

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...is the difference? Why is it that houses of vice and resorts of immorality are allowed to become open emporiums, in fact, great expositions where strangers to the city and guileless youths are debauched and corrupted? "This is the difference," said the Prosecutor, pointing his finger at Steve, as though he would drive his remarks home with the greatest force, "the public and the citizens of our communities have nodded assent to the wTong value of a human being. They have, directly or indirectly, placed a higher value on property, goods and chattels, than they have upon the morals of the people. We have allowed and encouraged our public officials to value the dollar or the gold wratch at a higher rate than they value the body and soul of a girl--somebody's daughter. For example, in Illinois a fellow who steals over fifteen dollars or a gold watch worth more than fifteen dollars is sent to the penitentiary for at least one year, and in most cases they get much more, while a fellow who steals a girl and sells her body and soul into vice receives a sentence of from six months to a year in the County jail, or House of Correction, and a fine of from three hundred to a thousand dollars, and it has only been in the last few years that they received more than a fine for this. There are some states today that impose only a fine in such cases. There you have it! We pass laws to protect the public morals, and then we sit down in a self-satisfied manner, feel that we have done our duty, and allow the police to regulate and tolerate these crimes. I suppose the reason of this is that 'what is everybody's business is nobody's business, ' and the people have not been sufficiently aroused to insist upon justice in this regard. I believe that people as a rule lo...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Girl Who Disappeared. To get started finding The Girl Who Disappeared, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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