“Thought and energy must be devoted to the eradicating of all elements of our present system that are anti-social and unchristian”

— Kirby Page

Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 71
Context: We must not only seek to change the moral characters of individuals, we must make an intelligent and strenuous effort to change the present social system. Thought and energy must be devoted to the eradicating of all elements of our present system that are anti-social and unchristian...

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American clergyman 1890–1957

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