Excerpt from Elements of Social Organization: Josiah Mason Lectures Delivered at the University of BirminghamEdgbaston, in the Spring Term of 1947. Since I had the honour of being invited to deliver the first series of these lectures, it is appropriate to give here a brief explanation of their title and purpose.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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