Thus the mother lives again in her children.
They unconsciously mould themselves after her manner, her speech, her conduct, and her method of life.

Her habits become theirs; and her character is visibly repeated in them.
This maternal love is the visible providence of our race.

Its influence is constant and universal.

It begins with the education of the human being at the out-start of life, and is prolonged by virtue of the powerful influence which every good mother exercises over her children through life.

When launched into the world, each to take part in its labours, anxieties, and trials, they still turn to their mother for consolation, if not for counsel, in their time of trouble and difficulty.