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But whatever system may be adopted the most vital principle is that the state should assume the responsibility and direction of all public and private charities for children; to the end that the state should secure to these, its future citizens, education, character and self-support, the essentials of all strong commonwealths.

C. D. Randall.

Coldwater, Michigan.

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