How far young or
delicate children are able to contend with the necessary evils of a
public school is, in my opinion, a very grave question, and does not
enter into the present discussion.
'The younger children in all larger institutions are liable to be
oppressed; but the exposure to this evil at Cowan Bridge was not more
than in other schools, but, as I believe, far less. Then, again,
thoughtless servants will occasionally spoil food, even in private
families; and in public schools they are likely to be still less
particular, unless they are well looked after.
'But in this respect the institution in question compares very
favourably with other and more expensive schools, as from personal
experience I have reason to know.--A.H., August 1855.'--From _A
Vindication of the Clergy Daughters' School and the Rev. W. Carus
Wilson from the Remarks in_ '_The Life of Charlotte Bronte_,' _by the
Rev. H. Shepheard_, _M.A. London_: _Seeley_, _Jackson_, _and
Halliday_, 1857.
{92} The Rev. William Weightman.
{95} It is interesting to note that Charlotte sent one of her little
pupils a gift-book during the holidays. The book is lost, but the
fly-leaf of it, inscribed 'Sarah Louisa White, from her friend C. Bronte,
July 20, 1841,' is in the possession of Mr.
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