Excerpt from The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review: April, 1861
The general improvement in clothing is qualified by at least one grave exception. Fashion is the idol to which not a few constitutions are sacrificed in their youngest, tenderest days. It would be difficult to speak in terms of reprobation too severe, of the custom of exposing the bare limbs of young children to the unrelenting cold. It is not necessary, in such a matter, to accumulate facts, or wait for the revelations of experience. The sure ultimate effect, we know a priori, must be to sacrifice or injure the health of large numbers. The fol lowing observations of Mr. Spencer are their own justification.
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Charles Hodge was the principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878. He is considered to be one of the greatest exponents and defenders of historical Calvinism in America during the 19th century.
All of the books that he authored have remained in print over a century after his death.
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