There is
endless meaning in the first mumblings, endless soul in the
senile, baby smile, unlimited possibilities in the knobby
forehead and round, hairless head. She sees in the future of the
baby responsibilities of government, and feels that one so
perfectly lovely must eventually be acclaimed ruler by mankind.
As a result of perfect confidence in its future, the mother gives
to every baby perfect devotion, perfect and affectionate moral
education. Each child begins life inspired by the most beautiful
example of altruism and self-sacrifice.
Kindness has gradually taken the place of brutality among human
beings, because every baby at its birth has found itself
surrounded by absolute kindness.
The mother's kindness forms moral character.
The mother's confidence and encouragement stimulate ambition and
inspire courage.
The mother's patient watchfulness gives good health, and fights
disease when it comes.
The mother's wrathful protection shields the child from the stern
and dwarfing severity of fathers.
Truly, a man may and should be judged by his feeling toward his
own mother, and toward the mothers of other men--of ALL men.
In the character of Christ, whose last earthly thought on
Golgotha was for His Mother, as in the character of the
hard-working, ignorant man whose earnings go to make his mother
comfortable, the most beautiful trait is devotion to the mother
who suffers and works for her children, from the hours that
precede their birth through all the years that they spend on
earth together.
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