For mother's sake the child ...

For mother\'s sake the child was dear, 
 and dearer was the mother for the child.
For mother's sake the child was dear, and dearer was the mother for the child.

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Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.
If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.
A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.
The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.