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that there cannot be a single man, however brutal, who will not breathe an atmosphere of holiness in her presence. Similarly every husband must look upon all women, except his own wife, in the light of his own mother or daughter or sister. That man, again, who wants to be a teacher of religion must look upon every woman as his mother, and always behave towards her as such.
The position of the mother is the highest in the world, as it is the one place in which we are to learn and exercise the greatest unselfishness. The love of God is the only love that is higher than a mother's love; all other kinds of love are lower. It is the duty of the mother to think of her children first and then of herself. But, instead of that, if the parents are always thinking of themselves first, even in such small things as food, taking the best portions to themselves and fetting the children take what they can, the result is that the relation between parents and children becomes as good as the relation between birds and their young ones who, as soon as they are
