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    A Moral Alphabet
    A Moral Alphabet
    A Moral Alphabet
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    A Moral Alphabet

    By Hilaire Belloc

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1973
    A Moral Alphabet
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    Hilaire Belloc

    Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870. As a child, he moved with his mother and siblings to England. As a French citizen, he did his military service in France before going to Oxford University, where he was president of the Union debating society. He took British citizenship in 1902 and was a member of parliament for several years. A prolific and versatile writer of over 150 books, he is best remembered for his comic and light verse. But he also wrote extensively about politics, history, nature and contemporary society. Famously adversarial, he is remembered for his long-running feud with H. G. Wells. He died in in Surrey, England, in 1953.

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      A Moral Alphabet - Hilaire Belloc

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Moral Alphabet, by Hilaire Belloc, Illustrated by Basil Blackwood

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      Title: A Moral Alphabet

      Author: Hilaire Belloc

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A MORAL ALPHABET***

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      A MORAL ALPHABET.

      BY THE SAME AUTHORS.

      —————

      MORE BEASTS (for worse children).

      Demy 4to. 3s. 6d.

      —————

      THE MODERN TRAVELLER.

      Fcap. 4to. 3s. 6d.

      —————

      Edward Arnold, London.

      A

      MORAL ALPHABET

      BY

      H. B.

      With Illustrations by

      B. B.

      Authors of The Bad Child's Book of Beasts

      More Beasts for Worse Children

      The Modern Traveller etc.

      London

      EDWARD ARNOLD

      37 BEDFORD STREET

      1899

      DEDICATION.

      ——

      TO THE GENTLEMAN

      ON PAGE 49.

      A

      stands for

      Archibald who told no lies,

      And got this lovely volume for a prize.

      The Upper School had combed and oiled their hair,

      And all the Parents of the Boys were there.

      In words that ring like thunder through the Hall,

      Draw tears from some and loud applause from all,—

      The Pedagogue, with Pardonable Joy,

      Bestows the Gift upon the Radiant Boy:—

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