Section 123. DR. GUTHRIE ON RAGGED SCHOOLS[1]. I.
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Section 123. DR. GUTHRIE ON RAGGED SCHOOLS[1]. I.
The[2] interest I have been led to take in the Ragged School movement is an example of how, in Providence, a man’s destiny—his course of life, like that of a river—may be determined and affected by very trivial circumstances. It is rather[3] curious—at least it is interesting for me to[4] remember—that (S. 66, N. 15) it was by a picture I was first[5] led to take an interest in ragged schools—by a picture in an old, obscure[6], decaying burgh[7] that stands on the shores of the Frith of Forth, the birth-place (S. 53, N. 9) of[8] Thomas Chalmers. I went[9] to see this place many years ago, and, going (S. 55, N. 1) into an inn for[10] refreshment, I found the room covered (App. § 1) with pictures of shepherdesses with their crooks, and sailors in[11] holiday attire, not[12] particularly interesting. But above the chimney-piece there[13] was a large print[14], more[15] respectable than its neighbours, which[16] represented a cobbler’s room.