The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Annotated): Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Poor Folk, Notes from Underground, Uncle's Dream, The House of the Dead etc.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Haven’t you seen children here at the street corners sent out by their mothers to beg? I’ve found out where those mothers live and in what surroundings. Children can’t remain children there! At seven the child is vicious and a thief. Yet children, you know, are the image of Christ: ‘theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.’ He bade us honour and love them, they are the humanity of the future....”