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One Means Of Preventing Pauperism
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| 45 | Knowing this, shall we stand by, and let this outrage against humanity go on? Shall we make our jails and poorhouses the breeding-places of paupers and criminals? Shall we permit the young to be driven into vice? Shall we expose them to the sight and temptation of vices, of which we cannot even listen to the description? Or shall we, so far as we can, assure to each child born in the State of New York a chance at least to be virtuous and happy? Shall we continue the wise policy already entered on, and remove all children born in our public institutions from low influences during childhood, and try to root up the evil propensities which they have received from their parents? | |
| 46 | Shall we finally, when, overcome by temptation, they have taken one false step, -- shall we tenderly turn them aside, and guide them with strong, kind hands, back to the path of virtue and to the knowledge and love of God? | |
| 47 | These questions must be answered by the people of the State of New York, and by their representatives and law-makers. | |
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JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWELL. | |
