The keynote of the whole movement is the protection of the weak.

This appears especially in a recognition of the growing claims of children.

Not only is this seen in the history of factory legislation, but in the long line of educational legislation, happily not ended yet.

These taken together form a chain of measures for the protection of the young against the tyranny, greed, or carelessness of employers or parents.

The strongest public sentiment is still working in this same direction.