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We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?

— Lydia Sigourney Letters to Mothers (1838)

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Mothers, whatever you wish your children to become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation.

Letters to Mothers (1838)

The glorified spirit of the infant is a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.

Letters to Mothers (1838)

A disposition to dwell on the bright side of character, is like gold to the possessor.

Letters to Young Ladies (1833)

The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.

[T]he strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well-ordered homes of the people.

Letters to Young Ladies (1833)

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