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I found one stories particularly striking in chapter seven. Nathan tells of his Mother, being so poor that she became a "wet nurse", which means that she would go to the Hospital and sell her breast milk, only to come home to a baby in need of his Mother's milk. She would stay up nights with her babe, feeding him bread soaked in water. Mother and child in tears. "Like a cow, she sold her milk," (pg. 232). Nathan's mother did this to support her family. What a sacrifice.

            I think that we can learn some lessons form this in our personal lives. We must have the same unity of morals inside our home and teach them in the same way, by practice and sacrifice for our children. We must pass on the heritage!

Signed,

Alexander Hatch Spencer