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... children and youth from School Slavery . As to the work itself , it goes from my hands , with warm blessings on the heads of the Children - poor , suffering , abused Childhood - sorrowing now , and des- poiled . ALBANY , October 7 ...
... children and youth from School Slavery . As to the work itself , it goes from my hands , with warm blessings on the heads of the Children - poor , suffering , abused Childhood - sorrowing now , and des- poiled . ALBANY , October 7 ...
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... children and youth , is to grow : the Almighty made ar- rangements for that , but did not for schools ; and with His arrangements we have no right to inter- fere . " " Then , " said he , " the idea is , that school labor is not to ...
... children and youth , is to grow : the Almighty made ar- rangements for that , but did not for schools ; and with His arrangements we have no right to inter- fere . " " Then , " said he , " the idea is , that school labor is not to ...
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... children to death . To a frightful number of children , this is literally true . Upon thousands and thousands of others , six hours per day of confinement to the School Room , and to its labors , entails a living death . Relief , to ...
... children to death . To a frightful number of children , this is literally true . Upon thousands and thousands of others , six hours per day of confinement to the School Room , and to its labors , entails a living death . Relief , to ...
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... child's constitution by the enfeebled and distorted body and mind produced by the con- spiracy of folly , in which the parent and teacher had combined against the child . Other victims of this conspiracy - less fortunate - drag out a ...
... child's constitution by the enfeebled and distorted body and mind produced by the con- spiracy of folly , in which the parent and teacher had combined against the child . Other victims of this conspiracy - less fortunate - drag out a ...
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... children have not been transformed into stolidity . The children cannot stand it . They get rid of what they regard as imprisonment , by excuses , when they can - by truancy , when they must . They do not know why , but they know the ...
... children have not been transformed into stolidity . The children cannot stand it . They get rid of what they regard as imprisonment , by excuses , when they can - by truancy , when they must . They do not know why , but they know the ...
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