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Maternal tenderness comes as much from habit as from instinct
Drawn from what Mary Wollstonecraft said
What Mary Wollstonecraft actually said
- Mary Wollstonecraft English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797)
I have even felt it, when I have seen a mother perform that office; and am of opinion, that maternal tenderness arises quite as much from habit as instinct.
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↗Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787)gutenberg.org
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