“Schools are great disease-breeders; children require an abundance of exercise and fresh air, instead of being packed into a small and overheated room. Just to sit on a bench and say D-O-G — to keep them thus pining for breath and action one-quarter of their lives, and the balance hardly better, signs, seals and delivers the death warrant of many a loved and lovely bud of humanity. Our children, especially in the cities, do not get half enough air. This is what causes them to be puny, sickly and mortal. No wonder that half of them die in childhood; the only wonder is that more do not. All children should be rosy, while most juveniles in these days look pale and haggard. The city is no place to bring up children; they cannot get out of doors for fear of being run over, nor play without, because ma, grandpa or aunt is sick. Nor can they obtain fresh air in coal-heated nurseries or kitchens.

“God made the country, man the city. The country is the place for children; but parents, whether you live in city or country, see to it that your children and yourselves have a full supply of fresh air and sunlight, daily and perpetually.”

“The heart is cage for the jumping monkey.”