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The Education of Catholic Girls

CHAPTER VIII
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Other importations from younger States are too evidently unauthorized to be in any way beautiful, and are blamed on both sides of the ocean as debasing the coinage.

But these, too, are making their way, so cheap and convenient are they, and so expressive.
It is needful in educating children to remember that this strong inflowing current must be taken into account, and also to remember that it does not belong to them.

They must first be trained in the use of the more lasting elements of English; later on they may use their discretion in catching the new words which are afloat in the air, but the foundations must be laid otherwise.

It takes the bloom off the freshness of young writers if they are determined to exhibit the last new words that are in, or out of season.

New words have a doubtful position at first.


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