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 "I hope my Happy Hearts do not need to learn these lines, but I wish every mother in the whole world would sing them in her heart all the day.

"It may seem strange, but it is very true, that babies quickly catch the mood of those about them, and it is very sad to think there are mothers who sometimes grow impatient with these bits of sunshine.

"Suppose you had planned a candy-pull or something equally nice, and when I called you in to help me, perhaps you wouldn't take up the baby as gently as you might.

"Some little mother might take it up in this way—wait one moment—Rosabell, dear, come here, please, and touch this mite with the wand. I don't even want her to feel what many babies have to.