"For one, I care but little for the government which presides at Washington in comparison with the government which rules the eight or ten millions of American homes. No administration can seriously harm us if our home-life is pure, frugal, and godly. No statesmanship or legislation can save us, if once our homes become the abodes of ignorance or the nestling-places of profligacy. The home rules the nation. If the home is demoralized it will ruin it."
- Theodore Kuyler
Image: On the Threshhold (1900) by: Edmund Blair Leighton from: http://www.erasofelegance.com
Oh I love this one! Oh wait, my daughter is now dancing to Finding Neverland. I wonder if she remembers...
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