I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
BEATRIX POTTERPeter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
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Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master’s plate, the other on its own.
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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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