Mr. AngeWs Address {concluded^. 



"There are hundreds of thousands of parents among 

 the depraved and criminal classes of this country whom 

 no child can be taught to love, or ought to be. There 

 are hundreds of thousands of homes where the name of 

 the Almighty is never heard, except in words of blas- 

 phemy. But there is not a child in one of those homes 

 that may not be taught in our public schools to feed the 

 birds and pat the horses, and enjoy making happy all 

 harmless creatures it meets on the street, and so be doing 

 acts of kindness forty times a day, which will make it not 

 only happier, but better, and more merciful in all the rela- 

 tions of life. 



" Standing before you as the advocate of the lower races, 

 I declare what I believe cannot be gainsaid — that just so 

 soon and so far as we pour into all our schools the songs, 

 poems, and literature of mercy towards these lower crea- 

 tures, just so soofi and so far shall we reach the roots ?iot 

 only of cruelty but of crime. ^^ 



Mr. Richards introduced the following, which was 

 adopted : — 



^^ Resolved, That we heartily approve of the ^American 

 Bands of Mercy^ and welcome their introduction into the 

 public schools of our country to aid in the moral education 

 of our people.^'' 



In the winter of 1885-6, by tmanimous vote of the Boston 

 School Committee, Mr. Angell addressed the sixty-one 

 large Normal, Latin, High, and Grammar Schools of Bos- 

 ton one hour each. In March, 1887, by unanim,07is vote 

 of the School Co}?i7nittee, he caused about sixty thousand 

 copies of the Massachusetts Society's humane publica- 

 tions to be distributed to the pupils of the Boston Public 

 Schools. 



