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Page 13
... parent of peace . This is the bond which to the British Christian renders America a second native land . Whatever he has found of holy aim and zealous effort to attach him to his home , he will find there , in a form slight- ly varied ...
... parent of peace . This is the bond which to the British Christian renders America a second native land . Whatever he has found of holy aim and zealous effort to attach him to his home , he will find there , in a form slight- ly varied ...
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... parental instincts , which are interwoven with the very life of the heart ; who that has seen chil- dren grow out of infancy into manhood , and out of ignorance into maturing wisdom , can dwell in a country and be admitted into its ...
... parental instincts , which are interwoven with the very life of the heart ; who that has seen chil- dren grow out of infancy into manhood , and out of ignorance into maturing wisdom , can dwell in a country and be admitted into its ...
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... parent and child . The little citizen seems to feel at a surprisingly early age , that he has a part to act on the stage of the world , and is will- ing enough to act a little before his time . And the parents , full of frank , simple ...
... parent and child . The little citizen seems to feel at a surprisingly early age , that he has a part to act on the stage of the world , and is will- ing enough to act a little before his time . And the parents , full of frank , simple ...
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... parent had explained to the small man that " she did not choose to have her pretty china broken , as that ren- dered it ... parents , we leave each one to settle according to their fancy . The more rapid are the children in the early un ...
... parent had explained to the small man that " she did not choose to have her pretty china broken , as that ren- dered it ... parents , we leave each one to settle according to their fancy . The more rapid are the children in the early un ...
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... parental difficulty . It seems to require as much self - denial in the father to refuse his boy anything as it can require in the boy to be refused . And thus , as each obtains a seat at the family table at meals as early as they can be ...
... parental difficulty . It seems to require as much self - denial in the father to refuse his boy anything as it can require in the boy to be refused . And thus , as each obtains a seat at the family table at meals as early as they can be ...
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