Astonishing Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

“Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.”

Henry Ward Beecher

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