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Title: Civics and Health

Author: William H. Allen

Contributor: William T. Sedgwick

Release Date: May 8, 2007 [EBook #21353]

Language: English

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[Illustration: LOUIS AGASSIZ
"A natural law is as sacred as a moral principle"]

CIVICS AND HEALTH

BY

WILLIAM H. ALLEN

SECRETARY, BUREAU OF MUNICIPAL RESEARCH

FORMER SECRETARY OF THE NEW YORK COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL WELFARE OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN, AUTHOR OF "EFFICIENT DEMOCRACY" AND "RURAL
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA," JOINT AUTHOR
OF "SCHOOL REPORTS AND SCHOOL EFFICIENCY"

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY

WILLIAM T. SEDGWICK

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY