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 All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No 
man does. That is his.  
 All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No 
man does. That is his. 
 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. 
 The pretty and sweet manner of it forced
 Those waters from me which I would have stopped;
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 The pretty and sweet manner of it forced
 Those waters from me which I would have stopped;
  But I had not so much of man in me,
   And all my mother came into mine eyes
    And gave me up to tears. 
 The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion 
against the existing law is the saddling read more 
 The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion 
against the existing law is the saddling of the right to a child 
with the obligation to become the servant of a man. 
 Fostering mother.
 [Lat., Alma mater.]  
 Fostering mother.
 [Lat., Alma mater.] 
 And say to mothers what a holy charge
 Is theirs--with what a kingly power their love
  Might read more 
 And say to mothers what a holy charge
 Is theirs--with what a kingly power their love
  Might rule the fountains of the new-born mind. 
 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. 
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother 
of all living.  
 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother 
of all living.