Sociology and Science.

The only way for a science to get real recognition is by real demonstration. Accumulations of undeniable facts and objective study of them form the only safe foundation for any scientific structure. No one can deny that the facts of society's life have formed an object of interest and observation for many centuries. A man can count the legs of a fly and report his findings without having his heart wrung because he thinks there are too many or too few. But when he observes the life of the society within which he himself lives, moves, and has his being, or some other human society near by, it is the rule that he shall approve or disapprove, be edified or horrified, by what he observes.