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God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections; to give our souls higher aims; to call out all our faculties to extended enterprise and exertion; and to bring round our firesides bright faces, happy smiles, and loving, tender hearts.

Mary Howitt

Found in The New Dictionary of Thoughts (1927) · New Dictionary of Thoughts > Children

The point

Children are sent by God to enlarge hearts, develop unselfishness, and call us to higher purposes beyond mere procreation.

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Audience
Adults
Tone
Affirming · Moving
To tell aloud
under a minute · 60 words
Subjects
FamilyChildrenPurposeLove

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