"Skilled employment must be taught to boys and girls alike, at the
earliest age consistent with educational claims. Labor must,
however, never be drudgery, but a delight to the young workers;
and to insure this, not only must the most effective teachers be
secured, but the tastes and capacity of each child must be
carefully studied, so that the industry chosen shall in each case
be congenial, and not repugnant.
"Religion must occupy no secondary position in such a Home. Its
principles must be taught and its precepts practiced with that
deep and loving enthusiasm which shall secure for it ever after a
sacred place and a mighty influence in the hearts and lives of the
children."--_Thomas J. Barnardo, F.R.C.S., Ed., Founder "Dr.
Barnardo Homes," London._