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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. FATHBBLT AND HOUSEHOLD CARES?MAEVELS OF SCIENCE?THE 1'ROFESSOKSHU. KESIGNED. There is no fault in the parent, said Cardan, that we may not hope to see amended in the child. What may we not hope of children? We are old and they are young; we sick, they sound; we weak, poor, despised, they robust, rich, and of much esteem; we bearing envy and enmity, exiles, they grateful among friends and in their home. There is nothing that the parent suffers of which he may not hope that it will not be suffered by his child1. The first joy of the parent2, said the philosopher, than whom no father ever was more fond, the first joy of the parent is when a child is to be born. Then let the mother be well cared for, let her eat this and not eat that, and let 1 De TJtilitate ex Adversis Capienda (ed. cit.), P- 248. Ibid. pp. 975?983, for the account of the six joys of parents in their children, and for the succeeding details, where no other reference has been appended. JOTS OF HOME. 43 her never lift her arms over her head. The second joy is when the child appears. At once let it have some fine honey, with a few grains of powdered hyacinth or emerald, It may he weaned when the first teeth appear, but long lactation is a good thing; Plotinus is said to have been suckled until he was seven years old. But it is when infants first begin to use their feet that they first become delightful, and this is the third joy of parents. As the joy increases, greater still becomes the fear: for they are both one feeling. And as the fear increases, greater still becomes the solicitude and watchful care. If they become frightened, let them at once be steadied by the helping nurse. Surely we have here an insight into Jerome's heart Let the young child, he further says, be...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217496223 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217496229 |
| Weight | 0.76 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 230 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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