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gross neglect on the part of the parents. In his 

 conclusions, he stated that when the children 

 were admitted to the institution, they were al- 

 most invariably in some way, both morally and 

 physically, inferior to healthy children from 

 good social classes at large. A closer observa- 

 tion, however, revealed the fact that the inferi- 

 orities of the children who became inmates of 

 the Juvenile Asylum were in the majority of 

 cases only the results of neglect, or of improper 

 nutrition, or of both these causes combined. 

 Many of the children were more or less neglec- 

 ted, or spoiled, or less developed or strong than 

 they should be ; but a really inferior child, that 

 is, an inherently vicious, or an imbecile child, 

 or a child who could not be much improved by 

 better food and better hygienic surroundings, 

 was a very rare exception. 



This constitutes a striking demonstration of 

 the effect of early neglect and the possibilities 

 of regeneration. 



The best way to eliminate evil is to stress the 

 good in every individual. By filling life with 

 activities that enlist the interest of the child 



