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158 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.
— will contribute, as you suggest, to the same
general purpose.
" And then I would fain hope," he continued,
"that his example will have influence. In the
first place, I hope it will influence you and me,
and encourage us to pursue the same general
course we have so long ago marked out for our
selves, and in general have followed. I hope his
example will be followed,
too, by the rest of the
family.
"We must exert ourselves to train our chil
dren, in the first place,
to depend on themselves
rather than others. They must be accustomed,
as much as possible, to help themselves, rather
than be helped by mothers, brothers, sisters, or
domestics. That child is making but a poor
preparation to become a missionary abroad, who