The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them happy, you have wro...

The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them happy, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.

Charles Buxton

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Charles Buxton

English brewer, philanthropist, writer and politician

November 18th, 1823 - August 10th, 1871

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