“The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people.”
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Strength was the virtue of paganism obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.