4 Quotes by Ernest Hamlin Abbott

Of course it would never do for a child to live in too just a world; his awakening upon entrance into the world that we grown folks have made for ourselves would be cruelly rude. He must have ample chance to learn how to meet injustice.

Why we expect children to be more tranquil than a parliamentary body or a ministers' meeting I do not know and cannot imagine.

It is one of the annoyances in the training of children that if we are to be honest with them, we must be honest with ourselves. I do not see how that can be helped.

there is no vocation more exciting than parenthood.