A Plea for Ragged Schools: Or Prevention Better Than Cure (Classic Reprint)

Publisher Marketing: Excerpt from A Plea for Ragged Schools: Or Prevention Better Than Cure "Can hope look forward to a manhood raisedOn such foundations?" "'Hope is none for him!'The pale recluse indignantly exclaimed;'And tens of thousands suffer wrongs as deep.' "At this dayWho shall enumerate the crazy hutsAnd tottering hovels, whence do issue forthA ragged offspring, with thin upright hair, Crowned like the image of fantastic Fear; Or wearing (shall we say?) in that white growthAn ill-adjusted turban, for defenceOr fierceness, wreathed around their sun-burnt browsBy savage Nature? Shrivelled are their lips; Naked, and coloured like the soil, the feetOn which they stand, as if thereby they drewSome nourishment, as trees do by their roots, From earth, the common mother of us all. Figure and mien, complexion and attire, Are leagued to strike dismay; but outstretched handAnd whining voice denote them suppliantsFor the least boon that pity can bestow." Wordsworth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.