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Lesson on parental gentleness amid harsh discipline
A neighbor learns from Mr. Hanford how brutal anger harms children, recounting a past father son tragedy. He shares Charley Hanford’s crippling injury from a violent punishment and urges Doring to discipline with duty and affection.
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John Doring
William
Doring
Hanford
Mr. Hanford
Dorings
Charles
Charlestown
Charley
Mr. Flanford
Oring