A very wholesome effect has been produced in great cities by the university settlements, college settlements, and similar efforts to do practical good by bringing closer together the more and the less fortunate in life.
From an essay on the strenuous life, this passage acknowledges the beneficial impact of settlement houses in bridging the gap between different social classes in cities.
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