The  absence  of  family  counsel  and  constraint  which
may  lead  to  the  degradation  of  the  man  who  takes
the  wrong  turn,  may  be  a  powerful  aid  to  his  rise  if
he  gets  on  the  right  track.  He  has  to  think  and  act
for  himself  ;  and  his  freedom  from  ties  enables  him
to  attend  more  exclusively  to  his  business.  The
immigrant  to  the  city  from  the  country  is  largely
represented  in  prison ;  but  he  is  also  largely  represented
in  the  town  council — and  the  one  place  may  be  held
to  be  as  typical  of  the  reward  of  the  ill-doers  as  the
other  is  of  the  well-doers.
There  is  another  immigrant  whose  conduct  usually
receives  more  attention  from  the  public,  viz.  the  alien.
