Look for pleasing objects, read cheerful and uplifting books, and from
infinite space call to you all ministering influences.
Consider how short a time, when compared to the span of human life,
expectant motherhood occupies, and realize the vastness of its
influence upon the nature of the child, and through that nature upon all
humanity.
Once you grasp that consciousness, you will feel your closeness to the
Creator of all things.
Indeed, there is no other being on earth so nearly Godlike in power as
the mother who realizes what her influence over her unborn child may be.
The hard and painful path for you to walk is but a short one compared to
the long roadway to eternity for your child.
Perhaps some great statesman, or some great artist, or some great
scientist or philosopher is lying under your heart, and it is in your
power to make or mar his development. Perhaps a Joan of Arc, or a Rosa
Bonheur, or a Martha Washington will crown you with pride.
Such genius and influence for good as the world has never before known,
from mortal sources, may be given to it through your unborn child.
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