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If strong is the frame of the mother,
The son will give laws to the people.

If for “frame” we read “brain,” it is the same thing. He who receives from his mother a good frame, a good brain, and a good disposition, is equipped to serve the world. But how can we secure these things for him unless they exist in her?

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