Our fifty principal cities contain 39.3 per cent of our entire German population, and 45.8 per cent of the Irish. Our ten larger cities only nine per cent of the entire population, but 23 per cent of the foreign. Josiah Strong centcityentire share on social
Commercial distress in any great business center will the more surely create widespread disaster. Josiah Strong businesscentercommercial Change image and share on social
As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed. Josiah Strong badcitygovern Change image and share on social
Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty. Josiah Strong civilconsistentevolve Change image and share on social
The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor. Josiah Strong citygreatpoor Change image and share on social
Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have poured their surplus populations. Josiah Strong comparativelycountrycrowd Change image and share on social
The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled. Josiah Strong angloasiacome share on social
Furthermore, it is significant that the marked characteristics of this race are being here emphasized most. Josiah Strong characteristicemphasizemark Change image and share on social
In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake. Josiah Strong changeearthearthquake Change image and share on social
Long before the thousand millions are here, the mighty centrifugal tendency, inherent in this stock and strengthened in the United States, will assert itself. Josiah Strong assertcentrifugalinherent Change image and share on social
