William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley Quotes

Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

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• These teachings in regard to woman so faithfully reflect the provisions of the canon law that it is fair to infer that their inspiration came from the same source, written by men, translated by men, revised by men. If the Bible is to be placed in the hands of our children, read in our schools, taught in our theological seminaries, proclaimed as God's law in our temples of worship, let us by all means call a council of women in New York, and give it one more revision from the woman's standpoint.

  

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• Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.

  

  William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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