A division bell is a bell rung in or around a parliament to signal a division and thus call all members of the chamber so affected to vote in it.
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“Affection, indulgence, and humor alike are powerless against the instinct of children to rebel. It is essential to their minds and their wills as exercise is to their bodies. If they have no reasons, they will invent them, like nations bound on war. It is hard to imagine families limp enough always to be at peace. Wherever there is character there will be conflict. The best that children and parents can hope for is that the wounds of their conflict may not be too deep or too lasting.”
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“By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes,
By night thy silent signal lamps to swing.”
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