Excerpt from The Functions of the Municipality, With Special Reference to Public ServicesSuch civic enthusiasm as exists in the United States has been promoted not by an access of local autonomy, but by other in¿uences, chief among which may be recognized the mere fact of growth. Mere growth, varied as are the. Races which have contributed to it, has resulted in a certain variety of civic pride. Which, besides resenting alleged underestimates of population. May even prepare the way for some more worthy emotion. The mere growth of the great cities has compelled their govern ments to deal in a scientific way with some of the problems which mere growth produces, and the magnitude of these operations has imbued the people with a kind of civic pride which. Crude as it is, is not without value.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. 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.