“It is all a mistake that we cannot be good and manly without being scrupulously and studiously good. There is too much mechanism about our virtue.”
Quote by Charles Henry Parkhurst
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Charles Henry Parkhurst
Charles Henry Parkhurst (April 17, 1842 - September 8, 1933) was an American social reformer known for his work in child welfare and the temperance movement. His career and life experience are not well-documented. more
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