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Fairly good they will be, if they are busy and happy, and clever enough to see the folly of being anything _but_ good! And so, month after month, for many years to come, I must be helping Nancy and Kathleen to be the right sort of women, and wives, and mothers, and Gilbert and Peter the proper kind of men, and husbands, and fathers. Mother Carey's chickens must be able to show the good birds the way home, as the Admiral said, and I should think they ought to be able to set a few bad birds on the right track now and then!" FAIRLY GOOD THEY WILL BE IF THEY ARE BUSY AND HAPPY AND CLEVER ENOUGH TO SEE THE FOLLY OF BEING ANYTHING BUT GOOD AND SO MONTH AFTER MONTH FOR MANY YEARS TO COME I MUST BE HELPING NANCY AND KATHLEEN TO BE THE RIGHT SORT OF WOMAN AND WIVES AND MOTHERS AND GILBERT AND PETER THE PROPER KIND OF MEN AND HUSBANDS AND FATHERS MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS MUST BE ABLE TO SHOW THE GOOD BIRDS THE WAY HOME AS THE ADMIRAL SAID AND I SHOULD THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SET A FEW BAD BIRDS ON THE RIGHT TRACK NOW AND THEN
roblems to be settled were graver and more complex than ordinary friendship could untangle, vexed as it always was by its own problems. She had but one keen desire: to go to some quiet place where temptations for spending money would be as few as possible, and there live for three or four years, putting her heart and mind and soul on fitting the children for life. If she could keep strength enough to guide and guard, train and develop them into happy, useful, agreeable human beings,--masters of their own powers; wise and discreet enough, when years of discretion were reached, to choose right paths,--that, she conceived, was her chief task in life, and no easy one. "Happy I must contrive that they shall be," she thought, "for unhappiness and discontent are among the foxes that spoil the vines. Stupid they shall not be, while I can think of any force to stir their brains; they have ordinary intelligence, all of them, and they shall learn to use it; dull and sleepy children I can't abide. E BUT NO KITH AND KIN AND THE PROBLEMS TO BE SETTLED WERE GRAVER AND MORE COMPLEX THAN ORDINARY FRIENDSHIP COULD UNTANGLE VEXED AS IT ALWAYS WAS BY ITS OWN PROBLEMS SHE HAD BUT ONE KEEN DESIRE TO GO TO SOME QUIET PLACE WHERE TEMPTATIONS FOR SPENDING MONEY WOULD BE AS FEW AS POSSIBLE AND THERE LIVED FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS PUTTING HER HEART AND MIND AND SOUL ON FITTING THE CHILDREN FOR LIFE IF SHE COULD KEEP STRENGTH ENOUGH TO GUIDE AND GUARD TRAIN AND DEVELOP THEM INTO HAPPY USEFUL AGREEABLE HUMAN BEINGS MASTERS OF THEIR OWN POWERS WISE AND DISCREET ENOUGH WHEN YEARS OF DISCRETION WERE REACHED TO CHOOSE RIGHT PATHS THAT SHE CONCEIVED WAS HER CHIEF TASK IN LIFE AND NO EASY ONE HAPPY I MUST CONTRIVE THAT THEY SHALL BE SHE THOUGHT FOR UNHAPPINESS AND DISCONTENT ARE AMONG THE FOXES THAT SPOIL THE VINES STUPID THEY SHALL NOT BE WHILE I CAN THINK OF ANY FORCE TO STIR THEIR BRAINS THEY HAVE ORDINARY INTELLIGENCE ALL OF THEM AND THEY SHALL LEARN TO USE IT DULL AND SLEEPY CHILDREN I CAN'T ABIDE
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