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But it's different with children. They don't feel the
stigma and are not humiliated or made indolent by help. We can't do too
much to help them. The future of this country depends on its poor
children. If they are to do right, they must be saved from ill-health,
and ignorance, and vice; and the first step is to give them good food
and air, so that they shall have strong little bodies. A sound man,
physically, may not be a strong man in other ways, but he stands a much
better chance."
"Oh, it's very interesting," said Leonore. "Tell me some more about the
poor people."
"What shall I tell you?" said Peter.
"How to help them."
"I'll speak about something I have had in mind for a long time, trying
to find some way to do it. I think the finest opportunity for
benevolence, not already attempted, would be a company to lend money to
the poor, just as I have attempted, on a small scale, in my ward. You
see there are thousands of perfectly honest people who are living on day
wages, and many of them can lay up little or no money.


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