The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Various
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SPELL AND DEFINE: Tact Exasperation Lamb Imperturbability Red-hot Philosopher Ebullition Knout Terrier Which end of a rattan hurts the more?--Why does reading make a full man?--Is an occasional whipping good for a boy?--At precisely what age does corporal punishment cease to be effective?--And why?--State, in exact terms, how much better are grown up people without the rod, than little people with it.--And why?--When would a series of good sound whippings have been of the greatest benefit to Solomon, when he was a godly young man, or an idolatrous old one?--In order to reform this world thoroughly, then, whom should we thrash, the children or the grown-up people?--And why?--If, then, the whipping post should be abolished in Delaware, why should it be retained in the nursery and the school room?--Write on the board, in large letters, the following sentence: If a boy ten years old should be whipped for breaking a window, what should be done to a man |
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