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Abolish Dirt

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Title:     Abolish Dirt
Author: Lemuel K. Washburn [More Titles by Washburn]

We should like to see one generation brought up to hate dirt. Every child ought to be taught that clean hands and face and clean clothes help to a clean life. There are too many homes on this earth that human beings live in that are dirty, in which those three household gods—the broom, the mop, and the dust-rag—have no place.

Children should be taught to drive dirt out of the house as they would a mad dog. Dirt is the food of disease. It is the enemy of health and happiness. Abolish dirt.

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If God exists, what objection can he have to saying so?

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When we have nothing to give a beggar, we can at least tell him so kindly.


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Lemuel K. Washburn's essay: Abolish Dirt

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