Leslie Ross‪:‬

Never were parents so careful that the childhood of a son should be surrounded by pleasant associations and memories as were Mr and Mrs Ross. They would whisper to each other while labouring to procure some fresh pleasure for Leslie",We do not know what his future life may be, it may be a rough and rugged one, it may not be a very happy one, we shall be unable to smooth his path then; so let us make his childhood and boyhood as happy as possible that he may always look back upon it as the freshest and greenest spot in his life and carry the recollection of our love in his heart all his days.