"Each is busy with his farm and his merchandise with his own affairs, regardless of his neighbor.

The common good is nothing, so that his own good is served.

Each weakly folds his hands and is sorry when these troublesome questions are brought to his notice, but doesn't see that he can do anything.

Nor can the people, unless some strong and influential leaders rally them, and, like great generals, lead them to the battle.

As I said a little while ago, there are ten or twenty men in this city who, if they could be made to feel their high responsibility--who, if they could be induced to look away for a brief period from their great enterprises and concentrate thought and effort upon these questions of social evil, abuse of justice and violations of law--would in a single month inaugurate reforms and set agencies to work that would soon produce marvelous changes.