“I don’t believe there is an angel in heaven that would not come to earth
and be honored with motherhood if God would grant them that privilege.
Like produces like in animals and in human beings. Blood will tell in
horses, sheep, quadruped and in human beings. A consumptive mother will
produce a consumptive child, and the same is true of its paternity. It
is time to lay aside mock modesty. You can’t trifle with God’s rules.
Society has just about put maternity out of fashion. When you stop to
consider the average society woman I do not think maternity has lost
anything. The child of affluence is turned over to nurses at birth and is
fed on prepared foods and knows nothing of its mother. The children of
humbler homes are raised by their mothers, instead of being turned over to
governesses. These mothers spend their time in bridge parties, gadding,
and fondling pet dogs; no wonder men go to the clubs. No man wants to
play second fiddle to a bow-legged bulldog. I am sure I would not!”