Community civics and rural life . may be apositive hindrance to the body, and the disease may spread toother members. The body may suffer merely because itsmembers are poorly trained. That is what it means to be a member of the body; andmembership in a family, or a school, or a club, or a community,is just the same. We have already seen, and we in theshall see more fully as we go on with our study, communityhow completely we are dependent upon our communities forfood, for the protection of life, for education, and for all elsethat makes up our life. The community that does not provide 1 James
Community civics and rural life . may be apositive hindrance to the body, and the disease may spread toother members. The body may suffer merely because itsmembers are poorly trained. That is what it means to be a member of the body; andmembership in a family, or a school, or a club, or a community,is just the same. We have already seen, and we in theshall see more fully as we go on with our study, communityhow completely we are dependent upon our communities forfood, for the protection of life, for education, and for all elsethat makes up our life. The community that does not provide 1 James iii: 54 COMMUNITY CIVICS for its members in these things is like a sick body. On the otherhand, as members of a community we are always contributingsomething to its life — either to its advantage or course, each of us is only one of a great many members ina large community, and we may seem to be very each performs his part, whether it be great or small, andwhether he does it well or Citizens in Training I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation,indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now we often speak of members of a community as citizensof that community. Citizenship means practically the sameCitizenshi thing as membership in the community. As ameans good community is one that provides well for its membership members, so the good citizen is the member whodoes well his part in the life of the community. A bad citizenis the member who hinders the progress of the communitywhen he might be helping. A citizen has certain rights and WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP? 55 certain duties. His rights are what the community owes him;his duties are what he owes the community. There are many members of communities who are like thediseased or paralyzed hand, or like the hand that is member of an athletic team who does not train Trained andwill probably be dropped from the team —? he fails untrai
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