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was never resumed , notwithstanding the ill-concealed derision of her visitors , and the advice of her friends . Her eye soon became accustomed to the little bare head , and she found her child less subject to cold than is U 9 ual with children ; and during the time
of cutting his teeth , the feverishness always attendant upon that process , was doubtless much mitigated . Her next care was to invent a dress so simple as to slip on in a minute , and which leaving his limbs unfettered , should yet have that warmth which the young being required . She succeeded so well , that beaming looks and joyful crows were substituted for the face swollen with rage and pain , and the perpetual cries which usually had
accompanied his toilet . A few mornings afterwards , there was another bustle in the nursery ; the babe screamed worse than ever , and there was a running and changeful accompaniment by the nurse , of coaxing , flattering , scolding and singing . The reason of the uproar was , that the baby had been dipped in water which was too cold . ' I shall bathe him myself in future , ' said the mother to herself , for in this way both mind and body suffer /
As soon as the baby was dressed , his food was brought in , and ' here it is / cried the nurse , in a tone which implied , here comes the sovereign cure for all your wounds . ' * Worse and worse , ' thought the mother , ' and yet I shall never be able to make the nurse feel what I mean—I must turn nurse myself . '
Upon stating the case to her husband , he , like a true father , cordially agreed with her that she must dedicate herself to the child . ' I have my work in the world / said he , c you should have yours ; every wife , if she have no children to educate , should find something else to do , besides the poor selfishness of
providing for her own and her husband ' s daily comforts , by settling the domestic arrangements . For my part , I shall gladly accommodate myself to any plan which will render the performance of your duty to your child easy to you ; and by and bye , I should think that my share of the business will become the largest . As it is not right , however , for all our sakes , that you should be
wholly engrossed with the boy , find out some good-tempered and sensible girl whom you can train to help you in the more mechanical part . For the first months , perhaps , it may be advisable to trust only to yourself . ' So the affair was settled , and the nurse was dismissed .
Beautiful , beautiful human nature ! What a proof was this child , that evil must be put into the young mind , carefully sown and nourished there , being no plant of native growth ; but that , on the contrary , simply not to thwart nature is , not to spoil . To some , the following detail may appear minute and trifling ; but such will not be the opinion of those who have learnt , by experience , how soon the physical leads to the moral , and how impossible it is to alter the one , without altering the other .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1834, page 478, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2635/page/18/
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