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am convinced, to acquire the affection of a parent for an adopted child; it is neceſſary, therefore, for a mother to perform the office of one, in order to produce in herſelf a rational affection for her offspring.
Children very early contract the manners of thoſe about them. It is eaſy to diſtinguiſh the child of a well-bred perſon, if it is not left entirely to the nurſe's care. Theſe women are of courſe ignorant, and to keep a child quiet for the moment, they humour all its little caprices. Very ſoon does it begin to be perverſe, and eager to be gratified in every thing. The uſual
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