Tuesday, February 20, 2007

home is a haven

This quote is from an 1867 Victorian newspaper column written by Mrs. "Jenny June":

"Even under the present imperfect conditions, home is the central attraction of every human heart, the inspiration of nearly all effort, the haven of all our hopes & desires. What would it be were women true to themselves, to their high destiny, to their great work? [What would it be] were the influences of home charged, as they might be, with the electric current of active love, faith, knowledge, strength, courage,and devotion to the interests they are bound to protect?"

Taken from Sarah Ban Breathnach's Mrs. Sharp's Traditions

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