
“The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.”
"Gladys and Her Island", p. 238.
A Story of Doom (1867)
“The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.”
“Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.”
Source: The Seasons (1726-1730), Spring (1728), l. 1149-1150.
Women Saints of East and West
Part 3, 1974 - 1979 Victory And Defeat, p. 178
Memoirs (1993)
Context: Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers. I didn't like to slap backs or other parts of the anatomy. I liked hecklers, because they brought my speeches alive. I liked supporters, because they looked happy. And I really enjoyed mingling with people, if there wasn't too much of it.
Source: Practical Pictorial Photography, 1898, Methods - The practical application of means to end, p. 16