My suggestion of an expurgated Bible, on which so many hard criticisms have been passed, seemed to me innocent enough, since most sensible people have been in the habit of expurgating the Bible for themselves in home readings and in the readings in the churches.

He based moral education on example, and expurgated any element which he thought might have a pernicious effect on young people.

We expurgated as we read, child fashion, taking into our sleek little heads all that we could comprehend or apprehend, and unconsciously passing over what might have been hurtful, perhaps, at a later period.

But if this be a taint which requires expurgation, it would be desirable to begin by expurgating the morning and evening lessons.

"We will have to expurgate life for you, Miss Mite.