[Democracy and Social Ethics by Jane Addams]@TWC D-Link bookDemocracy and Social Ethics CHAPTER VII 13/42
The moral atmosphere of a bazaar suits him exactly. He murmurs many times, "Never mind, the money all goes to the poor; it is all straight enough if the church gets it, the poor won't ask too many questions." The oftener he can put such sentiments into the minds of his constituents, the better he is pleased.
Nothing so rapidly prepares them to take his view of money getting and money spending.
We see again the process disregarded, because the end itself is considered so praiseworthy. There is something archaic in a community of simple people in their attitude toward death and burial.
There is nothing so easy to collect money for as a funeral, and one involuntarily remembers that the early religious tithes were paid to ward off death and ghosts.
At times one encounters almost the Greek feeling in regard to burial.
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