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A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all.

A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all.

Washington Irving
Sister, Mother, Children

It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.

Washington Irving
Children, Home, Parent
Washington Irving (2015). “Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute, in the face of the world's condemnation, a mother still loves on, and still hopes that her child may turn from his evil ways, and repent; still she remembers the infant smiles that once filled her bosom with rapture, the merry laugh, the joyful shout of his childhood, the opening promise of his youth; and she can never be brought to think him all unworthy.

Washington Irving
Mother, Brother, Children

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated, except by those whose feelings are withered by vitiated society. Holy, simple, and beautiful in its construction, it is the emblem of all we can imagine of fidelity and truth.

Washington Irving
Beautiful, Mother, Children

I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began my travels, and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument of the town-crier.

Washington Irving
Children, Book, Character
Washington Irving (1840). “History of New York. Sketch book. Bracebridge Hall”, p.185

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