{"product_id":"2940012845061","title":"Home Influence: A Tale for Mothers \u0026 Daughters","description":"PREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe following story will, the author trusts, sufficiently illustrate its\u003cbr\u003etitle to require but few words in the way of preface. She is only\u003cbr\u003eanxious to impress two facts on the minds of her readers. The one--that\u003cbr\u003ehaving been brought before the public principally as the author of\u003cbr\u003eJewish works, and as an explainer of the Hebrew Faith, some Christian\u003cbr\u003emothers might fear that the present Work has the same tendency, and\u003cbr\u003ehesitate to place it in the hands of their children. She, therefore,\u003cbr\u003ebegs to assure them, that as a simple domestic story, the characters in\u003cbr\u003ewhich are all Christians, believing in and practicing that religion, all\u003cbr\u003e_doctrinal_ points have been most carefully avoided, the author seeking\u003cbr\u003eonly to illustrate the spirit of true piety, and the virtues always\u003cbr\u003edesignated as the Christian virtues thence proceeding. Her sole aim,\u003cbr\u003ewith regard to Religion, has been to incite a train of serious and\u003cbr\u003eloving thought toward God and man, especially toward those with whom He\u003cbr\u003ehas linked us in the precious ties of parent and child, brother and\u003cbr\u003esister, master and pupil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second point she is desirous to bring forward is her belief, that\u003cbr\u003ein childhood and youth the _spoken_ sentiment is one of the safest\u003cbr\u003eguides to individual character; and that if, therefore, she have written\u003cbr\u003emore conversation than may appear absolutely necessary for the\u003cbr\u003eelucidation of \"Home Influence,\" or the interest of the narrative, it is\u003cbr\u003efrom no wish to be diffuse, but merely to illustrate her own belief.\u003cbr\u003eSENTIMENT is the vehicle of THOUGHT, and THOUGHT the origin of ACTION.\u003cbr\u003eChildren and youth have very seldom the power to evince character by\u003cbr\u003eaction, and scarcely if ever understand the mystery of thought; and\u003cbr\u003etherefore their unrestrained conversation may often greatly aid parents\u003cbr\u003eand teachers in acquiring a correct idea of their natural disposition,\u003cbr\u003eand in giving hints for the mode of education each may demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaving the beaten track of works written for the young, the author's\u003cbr\u003eaim has been to assist in the education of the HEART, believing that of\u003cbr\u003einfinitely greater importance than the mere instruction of the MIND, for\u003cbr\u003ethe bright awakening of the latter, depends far more on the happy\u003cbr\u003einfluences of the former than is generally supposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe _moral_ of the following story the author acknowledges is addressed\u003cbr\u003eto mothers only, for on them so much of the responsibility of Home\u003cbr\u003eInfluence devolves. On them, more than on any other, depends the\u003cbr\u003ewell-doing and happiness, or the error and grief, not of childhood\u003cbr\u003ealone, but of the far more dangerous period of youth. A Preface is not\u003cbr\u003ethe place to enter on their mission. The author's only wish is to _aid_\u003cbr\u003eby the thoughts, which in some young mothers, anxious and eager to\u003cbr\u003eperform their office, her story _may_ excite. To daughters also, she\u003cbr\u003ehopes it may not be found entirely useless, for on them rests so much of\u003cbr\u003ethe happiness of home, in the simple thought of, and attention to those\u003cbr\u003elittle things which so bless and invigorate domestic life. Opportunities\u003cbr\u003eto evince the more striking virtues woman may never have, but for the\u003cbr\u003ecultivation and performance of the lesser, they are called upon each\u003cbr\u003eday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLAPTON, _January, 1847_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEMOIR OF GRACE AGUILAR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrace Aguilar was born at Hackney, June 2d, 1816. She was the eldest\u003cbr\u003echild and only daughter of Emanuel Aguilar, one of those merchants\u003cbr\u003edescended from the Jews of Spain, who, almost within the memory of man,\u003cbr\u003efled from persecution in that country, and sought and found an asylum in\u003cbr\u003eEngland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe delicate frame and feeble health observable in Grace Aguilar\u003cbr\u003ethroughout her life displayed itself from infancy; from the age of three\u003cbr\u003eyears, she was almost constantly under the care of some physician, and,\u003cbr\u003eby their advice, annually spending the summer months by the sea, in the\u003cbr\u003ehope of rousing and strengthening a naturally fragile constitution. This\u003cbr\u003ewant of physical energy was, however, in direct contrast to her mental\u003cbr\u003epowers, which developed early and readily. She learned to read with\u003cbr\u003escarcely any trouble, and, when once that knowledge was gained, her\u003cbr\u003eanswer, when asked what she would like for a present, was, invariably,\u003cbr\u003e\"A book,\" which was read, re-read, and preserved with a care remarkable\u003cbr\u003ein so young a child. With the exception of eighteen months passed at\u003cbr\u003eschool, her mother was her sole instructress, and both parents took\u003cbr\u003eequal delight in directing her studies and facilitating her personal\u003cbr\u003einspection of all that was curious and interesting in the various\u003cbr\u003ecounties of England to which they resorted for her health.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180090474736,"sku":"2940012845061","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012845061_p0.jpg?v=1763584551","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012845061","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}