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Parents fear the destruction of natural affection in their children. what is this natural principle so liable to decay? habit is a second nature, which destroys the first. why is not custom nature? i suspect that this nature itself is but a first custom, as custom is a second nature.
-Blaise Pascal
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Parents Fear The Destruction Of Natural Affection

Blaise Pascal
Parents fear the destruction of natural affection in their children. what is this natural principle so liable to decay? habit is a second nature, which destroys the first. why is not custom nature? i suspect that this nature itself is but a first custom, as custom is a second nature.
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