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"Mothers, whatever you wish your children to become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation."
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Lydia Huntley Sigourney, née Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet, author, and publisher during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford." She had a long career as a literary expert, publishing 52 books and in over 300 periodicals in her lifetime. While some of her works were signed anonymously, most of her works were published with just her mar
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"A disposition to dwell on the bright side of character, is like gold to the possessor."
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"The glorified spirit of the infant is a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime."
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"Should pale death with arrow dread Make the ocean caves our bed, Though no eye of love might see Where that shrouded grave shall be, Thou! who hearst the surges roll, Deign to save the suppliant soul."
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"Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Too high an opinion of ourselves, involves the desire of impressing others with the same opinion. This is often attended with difficulty. If we do not succeed in inspiring them with an equal idea of our own merits, we shall be expecting more deference and regard than they are inclined to pay. So, pride will be disappointed and offended."
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"[T]he strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well-ordered homes of the people."
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