Habits of Seeming and Not of Being

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“…given, on the other hand, a mother who’s final question is, ‘what will people say? what will people think? how will it look?’ and the children grow up with habits of seeming and not of being; they are content to appear well-dressed, well-mannered and well-attentioned to outsiders, with very little effort after beauty, order and goodness at home, and in each other’s eyes.”

-Charlotte Mason, Home Education, pg.106

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