QUEST. CXXV. _Why are superiors styled, father and mother?_

ANSW. Superiors are styled father and mother, both to teach them in

all duties towards their inferiors, like natural parents, to express

love and tenderness to them, according to their several relations,

and to work inferiors to a greater willingness and cheerfulness in

performing their duties to their superiors, as to their parents.

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