In almost every community there is "a mother in Israel," a mother of
mothers, whose great heart is like the ocean, and claims the outpourings
of every stream of life. To these grand souls of virtue and goodness let
every man bow in reverence, for they are mothers to the motherless. When
the Reaper came forth to reap he aimed to take the richest sheaf, but
lo! the mother in Israel gathered the orphans together, and poured out
her tenderness upon them.
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