But how can children develop moral character or even improve their powers of concentration if they don't understand a word they are reading?

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We would agree that saving Mark's life is vital, indeed a moral imperative if it is within our powers to do so.

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Despite the moral, humanitarian and strategic arguments for intervention, Syria is a trap that threatens to suck external powers in and shackle them with responsibility for war-making, peacekeeping and a reconstruction effort that could eventually involve thousands of boots on the ground and billions of dollars in assistance.

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