. Recollections of Auton House .. . ernal influence alone can form a per-fect character. A boy brought up entirely by the mother becomesa man from a womans point of view, and is apt to be wanting inthose qualities most needed in the battle with the world ; while ayouth who attains maturity unaided by the subtle potency of ma-ternal influence is likely to possess a harsh and one-sided disposition,and too often becomes tyrannical and brutal. It requires two sensi-ble persons, a man and a woman, to round out and perfect themanly character. Some wise-acre has remarked that It is easyenough to get
. Recollections of Auton House .. . ernal influence alone can form a per-fect character. A boy brought up entirely by the mother becomesa man from a womans point of view, and is apt to be wanting inthose qualities most needed in the battle with the world ; while ayouth who attains maturity unaided by the subtle potency of ma-ternal influence is likely to possess a harsh and one-sided disposition,and too often becomes tyrannical and brutal. It requires two sensi-ble persons, a man and a woman, to round out and perfect themanly character. Some wise-acre has remarked that It is easyenough to get another wife, but where on earth can you get an-other mother ? This axiom can be matched by what old AuntKaty (the black ironer of Auton kitchen) said one day, when theconversation turned upon the merits of Father Auton : — T aint no use talkin; I would nt giv nuffin for these erestep-faders ! Callin a man fader dont make him fader, does ntit ? Brack or white, a chile widout a fresh and bloody fader aintgot no show t all, honey !. A CHILD is father to the man. His character resembles a kernelof corn possessing great possibilities, which depend upon the acci-dents of soil, sunshine, and rain, to develop into a harvest. Thereis something subtle and intangible in a boys nature, which makeshim walk and talk like his father when he grows up, no matter ifhe be nurtured on the plains of Arabia, or fed on missionaries in theSouth Sea islands. We are the same creatures in old age that weare in youth, plus a few cares and anxieties, losses and disappoint-ments which have been put upon us in the journey of life, weighingus down like heavy garments. Although it is true that to eat ofthe tree of knowledge is to cease being a brute and commencebeing an angel, still it is the acquirement of that same knowledgewhich causes our bitterest tears to flow, and furrows up our browswith care. A little extra knowledge which we gained at ten years is what 98 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. killed Santa
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