Life: June 19, 1826 - August 11, 1890
Birthday: June 19
Death: August 11
When a child of the streets stands before you in rags, with a tear-stained face, you cannot easily forget him. And yet, you are perplexed what to do. The human soul is difficult to interfere with. You hesitate how far you should go.
Topics: Children, Soul, Tears, Forget Him, Perplexity
Thousands are the children of poor foreigners who have permitted them to grow up without school, education, or religion. All the neglect and bad education and evil example of a poor class tend to form others, who, as they mature, swell the ranks of ruffians and criminals. So, at length, a great multitude of ignorant, untrained, passionate, irreligious boys and young men are formed who become the 'dangerous class' in their city.
source: - "The Dangerous Classes of New York and Twenty Years' Work Among Them".
Topics: Children, Growing Up, School, Ruffian, Swelling