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... ignorance ; and that those who are benevo- lently disposed may be encouraged , by observing what has already been successfully attempted , to devote themselves to more comprehensive undertakings on behalf of neg- lected children . Our ...
... ignorance ; and that those who are benevo- lently disposed may be encouraged , by observing what has already been successfully attempted , to devote themselves to more comprehensive undertakings on behalf of neg- lected children . Our ...
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... ignorance ; ( 2 ) helplessness ; ( 3 ) too early exposure of children to the hardships and temptations of life ; ( 4 ) cruelty ( 5 ) depravity . So far as the corruption of the large portion of the children of the nation depends upon ...
... ignorance ; ( 2 ) helplessness ; ( 3 ) too early exposure of children to the hardships and temptations of life ; ( 4 ) cruelty ( 5 ) depravity . So far as the corruption of the large portion of the children of the nation depends upon ...
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... ignorance as to what would enhance their own happiness and comfort . How can they care for the yet distant wants of ... ignorant of all the sciences even in their very rudi- ments , uninstructed in any art that has relation to their ...
... ignorance as to what would enhance their own happiness and comfort . How can they care for the yet distant wants of ... ignorant of all the sciences even in their very rudi- ments , uninstructed in any art that has relation to their ...
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... ignorance . Positive evil ensues from the habits formed by children while thus ranging about our filthy courts and alleys . It cannot , therefore , be a debateable point that ignorance on the part of the parents , the effects of which ...
... ignorance . Positive evil ensues from the habits formed by children while thus ranging about our filthy courts and alleys . It cannot , therefore , be a debateable point that ignorance on the part of the parents , the effects of which ...
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... ignorance , want , and misery , which must touch every heart not made of stone . In the civilized world there are few sadder spectacles than the present contrast in Great Britain of unbounded wealth and luxury with the starvation of ...
... ignorance , want , and misery , which must touch every heart not made of stone . In the civilized world there are few sadder spectacles than the present contrast in Great Britain of unbounded wealth and luxury with the starvation of ...
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Page 75 - And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 277 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 76 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 81 - ... that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 292 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 256 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 74 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? and what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Page 299 - Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 50 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Page 299 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.