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developed faculties which never e developedwithout aid. And after many months of patient w g, onesaw no longer any semblance to the imbecile. One saw a child, apyarently somewhat bashful and diflident, but quite an ordinary ch7id. And his brain development had been such and his ability toftcquire knowledge, that Dr. Downing thought she could soon plae him in a soh0o1 with other children.’ I have not followed anyiaf her patients for long, but I know that Yale University has Slllie offered her a de.

_ partment there to work out her theories in h! own Way_

Now, if so much may be done for such chil 11 as those, shall we allow our children who are just a little “diffe t” to be cast aside? Some of them. I repeat will make names fo‘ hemselves, good 01- bad according as they have been influenced. get us see then that the influence and teaching are of the rightkind; or we may be

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For instance, one of the neglected onesjlay rise to a seat in our legislature some day, and then—oh, da! Some may get into our nursing profession, and then—o,D001‘ patient! some of them (Heaven forbid the calamity) mayllen become a member of our Board of Health Directors, and l ——0h, nonsense! let us return to possibilities. And it is possi to make Self-‘S11ppo1~t_ ing, se1f—respecting citizens of those {then whom we can

defective.