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I did intend to write a regular letter to the little boys - Tell them and Mary that I think of them a great deal and feel very anxious that they should all be very good children & learn to do right in everything because it is right - To be obedient to their parents and kind & pleasant & polite to every body - Tell Charlie he must set a good example for the others and try very hard not to be covetous I fear that he is too much inclined to be and now if they go to school to attend to them after they come home at night and inquire into their conduct their studies and their manners Bad examples at school can be counteracted by right care and treatment at home above all things dont allow of any deceiving or concealing any thing children have great temptations to it - May God bless you all & keep you from every evil Much love to all and each of you from your Mother