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Vol. 3, Education
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1. The Education of the Infant
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Effect of the Mother's Nature
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Vol. 3, Education
1. The Education of the Infant
Effect of the Mother's Nature
The best way, therefore, for a mother to educate an infant is to educate herself. The calmness, the quietness, the tenderness, the gentleness, everything the mother cultivates in her nature at that particular time when the infant is nursed, the infant will receive as a lesson in its cradle. The heart qualities are the most profound qualities man has; brain qualities come afterwards; and it is the heart qualities which make the basis of the whole life. At that particular time such qualities as kindness, sympathy, affection, tenderness, gentleness, mildness develop.
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