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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1924

Page

14

The Land of Altruvia and the Thirtieth Man Lecture

Dr John H Finley, associate editor of the New York Times, spoke to delegates at the Conee- Heat Conference of Social Agencies in Stratfield. He warned against an overly organized protection system that erodes individual contact and responsibility, contrasting the Land of Egoun with the Middle Field of Altruvia where public service and private charity intersect, urging balance between private effort and state oversight. He described a growing push to expand state control over wealth and services, and warned that only through private altruism and public duty can true neighbor love be maintained without eroding freedom.

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Welfare And Private Charity Shape Our Public Life

The speaker argues that society gains most from private benevolence and organized neighborliness rather than endless new societies. He notes how private efforts evolve into public institutions, citing nursing education, tenement reforms, and sanitary advances as outcomes of volunteer work, with cautions about excessive governmentization diminishing individual initiative.

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