I am glad you believe in the force of transmitted tendencies.

It would break my heart, if I did not think that there are faults beyond the reach of everything but God's special grace.

I should die, if I thought that my negligence or incapacity was alone responsible for the errors and sins of those I have charge of.

Yet there are mysteries I do not know how to account for." She looked all round the schoolroom, and then said, in a whisper, "Mr.
Langdon, we had a girl that stole, in the school, not long ago.

Worse than that, we had a girl who tried to set us on fire.