He was not a perfect child, by any means, but his faults were of the better sort; and being early taught the secret of self-control, he was not left … - Louisa May Alcott

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He was not a perfect child, by any means, but his faults were of the better sort; and being early taught the secret of self-control, he was not left at the mercy of appetites and passions, as some poor little mortals are, and then punished for yielding to the temptations against which they have no armor.