“Children can be very early taught...that they can hereafter find their chief happiness in giving up their will to God, and in living to do good to others, instead of living merely to please themselves.” — Beecher, Catharine E. (Catharine Esther Copy Share Image
“There is nothing which has a more abiding influence on the happiness of a family than the preservation of equable and cheerful temper and… — Beecher, Catharine E. (Catharine Esther Copy Share Image
“Many persons imagine that, if they violate the laws of health, in order to attend to religious or domestic duties, they are guiltless before… — Beecher, Catharine E. (Catharine Esther Copy Share Image
“Children can be very early taught...that they can hereafter find their chief happiness in giving up their will to God, and in living to… — Beecher, Catharine E. (Catharine Esther Copy Share Image
“It is impossible for a conscientious woman to secure that peaceful mind and cheerful enjoyment of life which all should seek, who is constantly… — Beecher, Catharine E. (Catharine Esther Copy Share Image
“The family state then, is the aptest earthly illustration of the heavenly kingdom...[The mother] is to rear all under her care to lay up… — Beecher, Catharine E. (Catharine Esther Copy Share Image
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