Maternal Impressions: A Study of Child Life Before and After Birth, and Their Effect Upon Individual Life and Character |
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Page 175 - That the child is to grow up a Christian, and never know himself as being otherwise.
Page 66 - Natural selection will never produce in a being any structure more injurious than beneficial to that being, for natural selection acts solely by and for the good of each.
Page 194 - No action, whether foul or fair, Is ever done, but it leaves somewhere A record, written by fingers ghostly, As a blessing or a curse, and mostly In the greater weakness or greater strength Of the acts which follow it, till at length The wrongs of ages are redressed, And the justice of God made manifest!
Page 118 - Ef we'se good, we needn't show off, case you bet it ain't ouah doin' We gits into su'ttain channels dat we jes
Page 106 - From the hand of him that loves her, ere she sees the day. the soul comes like a Date; springing from her blessed Maker, she quickly turns to that which yields her joy."— Dante. The statement that education does not make the man, will no doubt startle some who have always held that idea. But the culminating evidence of the age is, that education cannot do what nature has practically made it impossible to do, which is, to educate a man for a philosopher, when he is intended, for a coal hearer.
Page 90 - that life will be dearer and nobler the more we recognize that there is no indelicacy in the climax and crown of creative power, but, rather, that it is the highest glory of the race. But if voluntary motherhood is the crown of the race, involuntary compulsory motherhood is the very opposite. . . . Only when both man and woman have learned that the most sacred of all functions given to women must be...
Page 29 - The process by which man is born into the world, and the circumstances which go to make him what he is, whether it be a theologian or a scapegrace, a mathematician or a fool, concerns us all. It is a subject of universal interest and of vital importance, whether it be considered from a physical, moral, social, or medical standpoint. It lies at the foundation of all human improvement and enduring progress.
Page 26 - ... which are illogical and purely speculative. Bodily defects are apparent at birth, a mental defect is noticeable at a later period, and by that time the mental distress, if any, which occured, has been forgotten by the mother, therefore more difficult to investigate. Dr. Dabney refers to Kokitansky, a writer of sound judgment, who says: "The question whether mental emotions do influence the development of the child must be answered, Yes! One of the strongest arguments against maternal impression...
Page 91 - ... superiority. Moreover, they concern the intellect rather than the morals. Unhappily it must be owned that piety, virtue, and self-control are not the constant attendants of learning or splendid gifts of genius. Something more potent than the mere intellectual culture is required to be put in force for the purpose of regulating the conduct of a responsible being with a free will, like man, safely across the stormy sea of life, from birth to death.
Page 11 - There is a path that leads to truth so surely, that any one who will follow it must needs reach the goal, whether his capacity be great or small. And there is one guiding rule by which a man may always find this path, and keep himself from straying when he has found it. This golden rule is — give unqualified assent to no propositions but those the truth of which is so clear and distinct that they cannot be doubted.