Excerpt from Summary of State Laws Relating to the Dependent Classes, 1913 Among those changes the most important, because fundamental, is a change in the attitude Of the state and the public toward those who are unable to provide for themselves, whatever the cause Of their inability. It is manifest in changes in terms. The specific no'wn pauper is passing out of use and in its place we have general adjectives, poor, indigent, dependent, applicable to several classes of persons; the pauper asylum and poorhouse are giv ing place to infirmaries, hospitals, and homes for the aged and infirm. Insane asylums are called state hospitals; state charity, with its almost inevitable stigma, is gradually giving place to state 'aid, and it is coming to be recognized that the mere fact of inability to support oneself does not necessarily involve any disgrace. That stage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.