If we wish, then, to know the political and moral condition of a state, we must ask what rank women -hold in it. Their influence embraces the whole life. A wife, — a mother, — two magical words, comprising the sweetest sources of man's felicity. Theirs... Transactions - Seite 84von Illinois State Medical Society - 1886Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1839 - 168 Seiten
...embraces the whole of life. A wife,—a mother,—two magical words, comprising the sweetest sources of man's felicity. Theirs is the reign of beauty,...become principles stronger even than his passions. " The reality of the power is not disputed; but it may be objected that it is confined in its operation... | |
| Alexander Walker - 1840 - 452 Seiten
...braces the whole of life. A wife, — a mother, — two magical words, comprising the sweetest sources of man's felicity. Theirs is the reign of beauty,...become principles stronger even than his passions. " The reality of the power is not disputed ; but it may be objected that it ia con* fined in its operation... | |
| 1840 - 188 Seiten
...embraces the whole life. A wife, — a mother, — two magical words, comprising the sweetest sources of man's felicity. Theirs is the reign of beauty,...become principles stronger even than his passions. " The reality of the power is not disputed ; but it may be objected that it is confined in its operation... | |
| Louis-Aimé Martin - 1842 - 598 Seiten
...felicity. It is the reign of beauty, of love, and of reason ; it is always a reign. A man consults with his wife, he obeys his mother, he obeys her long...she has ceased to live, and the ideas which he has derived from her, become principles which are frequently more powerful than his passions. On the maternal... | |
| 1847 - 480 Seiten
...A man takes counsel with his wife, he obeys his mother, and long after her existence has terminated the ideas which he has received ' from her become principles stronger even than his passions. The world's history proves that man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation ;... | |
| Henry Stretton - 1848 - 474 Seiten
...wife- — a mother — two magical words, comprising the sweetest sources of man's felicity. Their's is the reign of beauty, of love, of reason. Always...become principles stronger even than his passions. " The reality of the power is not disputed, but it may be objected that it is confined in its operation... | |
| James Mursell Phillippo - 1857 - 506 Seiten
...and firm hold on the sentiments, the interests, and the hearts of the family. Man takes counsel of his wife ; he obeys his mother, — he obeys her long...become principles, stronger even than his passions. While the husband and the father is pursuing his interests abroad, the wife and the mother is imparting... | |
| Louis Aimé Martin - 1860 - 412 Seiten
...felicity. It is the reign of beauty, of love, and of reason ; it is always a reign. A man consults with his wife, he obeys his mother, he obeys her long...she has ceased to live, and the ideas which he has derived from her, become principles which are frequently more powerful than his passions. On the maternal... | |
| Eli Kirk Price - 1864 - 180 Seiten
...influence embraces the whole of life. A wife; a mother; two magical words, comprising the sweetest sources of man's felicity. Theirs is the reign of beauty,...love, of reason. Always a reign! A man takes counsel of his wife; he obeys his mother; he obeys her long after she has ceased to live, and the ideas which... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1865 - 398 Seiten
...— a mother ! — two magical words, comprising the sweetest source of man's felicity. Theirs is a reign of beauty, of love, of reason, — always a...become principles stronger even than his passions. Martin. For ever thine ! though sea and land divide thee, For ever thine ! Through burning wastes and... | |
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