For the
manners of little boys are almost invariably what their mothers make
them.
Awake early in his heart a sympathy for the deformed, the crippled, and
otherwise unfortunate beings.
There is no other country where such vulgar and heartless curiosity, and
even ridicule, is bestowed upon grotesque or unsightly types of
humanity, as in America.
A little dwarfed girl in New York City committed suicide a few years
ago because she was so weary of being laughed at and ridiculed by her
associates in the street and at school.
Think of that, in this Christian age, and in the metropolis of America!
An old street peddler was set upon by school-children and so annoyed and
misused that he became insane.
Another was injured by street children--the children of the public
schools--and died from the effects of their abuse.
This is the fault of mothers who have never deemed it their duty and
privilege to awaken the tender and protective qualities in the character
of their children.
Speak often to your boy of the pathos of dumb animals dependent upon
human thoughtfulness for food, drink, and decent usage.
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