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as to make them feel that they are living in a disgrace that can 

 not be overcome. We plead for charity, yet how uncharitable ! 

 We ask for justice, yet how prejudiced we are, all of this having 

 a tendency to destroy our labor with the boy. 



In this era of progress and reform may there not be more 

 expected from the layman, giving inspiration and zeal to those 

 whose lives are given to the work of scattering roses instead of 

 thistles along the pathway of the unfortunate. 



