"When I consider how little of a rarity……" — Charles Lamb

When I consider how little of a rarity children arethat every street… - Charles Lamb

"When I consider how little of a rarity children arethat every street and blind alley swarms with themthat the poorest people commonly have them in most abundancethat there are few marriages that are not blest with at least one of these bargainshow often they turn out ill, and defeat the fond hopes of their parents, taking to vicious courses, which end in poverty, disgrace, the gallows, etc.I cannot for my life tell what cause for pride there can possibly be in having them."

— Charles Lamb

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