Chapter I
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CHRIST IN CHARITY AND REFORM, AND CONDITION OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN BEFORE CHRISTIANITY.
Exposure of Children in Rome—Comments by Latin Authors upon the Practice—Terence—Seneca—Suetonius—Rebukes by Early Christian Preachers—Quintilian—Tertullian—Lactantius—First "Children's Asylum" under Trajan—Charity of the Antonines—Legislation of the Christian Emperors—Influence of the Germanic Races—Legislation on the Exposure of Children—First Children's Asylums in the Christian Era—Brother Guy—Neglected Children the only Remains of Ancient "Dangerous Classes"—Change Wrought by Christianity—Influence of Christianity in Reform………………………………………………..pp. 13-24