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 Who ran to help me when I fell,
 And would some pretty story tell,
  Or kiss the read more 
 Who ran to help me when I fell,
 And would some pretty story tell,
  Or kiss the place to make it well/
   My mother. 
 The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to 
her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying.
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 The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to 
her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying.
 [Lat., Mater ait natae die natae filia natum
  Ut moneat natae plangere filiolam.] 
 They say that man is mighty,
 He governs land and sea,
  He wields a mighty scepter
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 They say that man is mighty,
 He governs land and sea,
  He wields a mighty scepter
   O'er lesser powers that be;
    But a mightier power and stronger
     Man from his throne has hurled,
      For the hand that rocks the cradle
       Is the hand that rules the world. 
 The bravest battle that ever was fought;
 Shall I tell you where and when?
  On the maps read more 
 The bravest battle that ever was fought;
 Shall I tell you where and when?
  On the maps of the world you will find it not;
   It was fought by the mothers of men.
   - Joaquin Miller (pseudonym of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller), 
 There was a place in childhood that I remember well,
 And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy read more 
 There was a place in childhood that I remember well,
 And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell. 
 The bearing and the training of a child
 Is woman's wisdom.  
 The bearing and the training of a child
 Is woman's wisdom. 
 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, 
until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a read more 
 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, 
until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 
A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the read more
A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot
We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another. The birth of a child read more
We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another. The birth of a child certainly does change her viewpoint of herself and I believe her viewpoint of the world.