Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
—Milton.
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Children, a bond of union than which the human heart feels none more endearing.
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What children hear at home soon flies abroad.
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CHILDREN.
I never hear parents exclaim impatiently, "Children, you must not make so much noise," that I do not think how soon the time may come when, beside the vacant chair, those parents would give all the world, could they hear once more the ringing laughter which once so disturbed them.