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Her mother, too, had possessed this dangerous faculty of tears; and it was not wonderful if the sober-minded Doctor, roused for the first time to consider his little girl as a creature possessed of individual character, should recognise, with a thrill of dismay, the appearance of the same qualities which had wearied his life out, and brought his yo
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Chapter Two: Lifelong Learning
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Marie Souvestre’s goal was to make her students “cultivated women of the world,” and Eleanor blossomed under her tutelage. If ER had a fault, it was her seriousness.
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
Because she has a lot of direct contact with these children and their teachers, she understands their needs. When she learned that 10,000 of them didn’t have winter coats, she felt compelled to provide them.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Marian offered her volunteer services as a surrogate grandma.
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Maggie had always taught her to stay away until she was summoned.
Hannah Kent • The Good People
overprotective mothers guilty of “Momism,”