A Half Century with Juvenile Delinquents: Or, The New York House of Refuge and Its TimesD. Appleton, 1869 - 384 páginas 1. Light in dark places. -- 2. The philanthropist in the United States. -- 3. The society for the Reformation of juvenile delinquents. -- 4. The first house of reguge. -- 5. Mr. Hart's administration. -- 6. Bellevue. -- 7. Randall's island. -- 8. The congregate system in reformatories. -- 9. The close of the half century. |
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A Half Century with Juvenile Delinquents: The New York House of Refuge and ... Bradford Kinney Peirce Vista de fragmentos - 1969 |
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annual appeal asylum attention awakened Baltimore City benevolent boys building Cadwallader D called character charity child Christian Colden committed committee conduct conviction crime criminal Curtis custody depraved devoted discharged discipline Düsselthal duty Elizabeth Fry establishment evil experiment father favorable feel female friends girls Griscom habeas corpus habits honor House of Refuge hundred indentured industry influence inmates institution instruction interest Isaac Collins Israel Russell James John judgment justice Juvenile Delinquents labor ladies Legislature living ment Mettray mind Mission moral object offenders officers parents pauperism penitentiary persons present prison punishment Randall's Island Rauhe Haus received Reformation of Juvenile reformatory religious remarkable rendered respect Robert Kelly Sabbath says secured sent Society streets success superintendent thousand tion Underhill vagrant vice vicious visited Walter Underhill writ York York House young youth
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Página 380 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Página 371 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Página 251 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts : There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Página 323 - Statutes, are declared to belong to every corporation ; and shall be capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corporation : Provided, that such...
Página 370 - And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
Página 380 - And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign to you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Página 364 - That parents are ordinarily entrusted with it, is because it can seldom be put into better hands; but where they are incompetent or corrupt, what is there to prevent the public from withdrawing their faculties, held, as they obviously are, at its sufferance? The right of parental control is a natural, but not an unalienable one. It is not excepted by the declaration of rights out of the subjects of ordinary legislation...
Página 154 - Never be idle. "If your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. "Always speak the truth. " Make few promises. " Live up to your engagements. " Keep your own secrets if you have any.
Página 208 - Here too are lanes and alleys, paved with mud knee-deep, underground chambers, where they dance and game ; the walls bedecked with rough designs of ships, and forts, and flags, and American eagles out of number : ruined houses, open to the street, whence, through wide gaps in the walls, other ruins loom upon the eye, as though the world of vice and misery had nothing else to show : hideous tenements which take their name from robbery and murder : all that is loathsome, drooping, and decayed is here....
Página 229 - And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.