Why not, when it can be done without exposure or expense, let me rescue some of America's miserable children from vice and guilt?
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of helping those in need without incurring personal costs.
Dorothea Dix's quote reflects her compassionate call to action for the betterment of society, specifically in rescuing vulnerable children from the grips of vice and guilt. It advocates for altruism and social responsibility, suggesting that there are ways to enact positive change without significant personal risk or financial expense, encouraging others to join in the effort to uplift the marginalized.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech to advocate for children's rights and welfare.
Steady, firm, and kind government of prisoners is the truest humanity and the best exercise of duty. It is with convicts as with children: unseasonable indulgence, indiscreetly granted, leads to mischiefs which we may deplore but cannot repair.
I was early taught by sorrow to shed tears, and now when sudden joy lights up, or any unexpected sorrow strikes my heart, I find it difficult to repress the full and swelling tide of feeling.
I shall be well enough when I get to Kentucky or Alabama. The tonic I need is the tonic of opposition. That always sets me on my feet.
Time passed solely in the pursuit of pleasure leaves no solid enjoyment for the future; but from the hours you spend in reading and studying useful books, you will gather a golden harvest in future years.
With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.
My wish is to be known only thru my work.
Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
deeds cannot dream what dreams can do
God's ways do not change... Still he shows his freedom and lordship by discriminating between sinners, causing some to hear the gospel while others do not hear it, and moving some of those who hear it to repentance while leaving others in their unbelief, thus teaching his saints that hew owes mercy to none and that it is entirely of his grace, not at all through their own effort, that they themselves have found life.
I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.
Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions of others and neglects the meaning of his own personal life. Hence he sees his own life as meaningless and falls into the “existential vacuum” feeling inner void. Progressive automation causes increasing alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, and suicide.
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