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But the mother put out the fire of her feelings that were so many and so strong with clear thinking.
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Think about this too: If this woman, even though she was a mother, had been weak-spirited, she would have mourned for them. Maybe she would have said something like this:
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“Look at how miserable I am with one sorrow piled on another! I gave birth to seven children, and now I'm nobody's mother!
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“Look at how I gave birth seven times all for nothing! Seven pregnancies, without anything to show for it! Years of fruitless childcare and years of miserable nursing!
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My sons, I bore the long pains of labor for you and even more stress in raising you for no reason!