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Could any death be so horrible as birth? Or any decrepitude so awful as childhood in a happy united God-fearing family?
The parents who wish to lead a quiet life I would say: Tell your children that they are very naughty--much naughtier than most chi ...
Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime. A man at five and thirty should no more re ...
All children's books are about ideals. Adult fiction sets out to portray and then explain the world as it really is; books for chi ...
I'd give all wealth that years have piled,
The slow result of Life's decay,
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Child of the pure unclouded brow
And dreaming eyes of wonder!
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Without, the frost, the blinding snow,
The storm-wind's moody madness--
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Children are holy and pure. Even those of bandits and crocodiles belong among the angels.... They must not be turned into a playth ...
Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer tha ...
Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with ...
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