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the Lord gives good many things twice over; but he don't give ye a mother but once.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Beecher STOWE (2016). “Collected Works (Complete and Illustrated Editions: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Queer Little Folks, The Chimney-Corner, ...)”, p.93, Harriet Beecher Stowe
the Lord gives good many things twice over; but he don't give ye a mother but once.