“Other days, other ways; and, although they have now been greatly improved upon, the old country midwives did at least succeed in bringing into the world many generations of our forefathers, or where should we be now?”

—  Flora Thompson , book Lark Rise

Source: Lark Rise, ch. 8, 'The Box'

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