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She will perceive at once that the question is settled—settled irrevocably—and especially that it is entirely beyond the power of any demonstrations of insubmission or rebellion that she can make to change it.
From
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young
Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be
Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right
Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods
in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile
Mind
by Abbott, Jacob
Do not let us presume to blame this insubmission.
From
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
by Gosse, Edmund
Thus multitudes of children are taught to disobey, and trained to habits of insubmission and insubordination, by the means most effectually adapted to that end.
From
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young
Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be
Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right
Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods
in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile
Mind
by Abbott, Jacob
