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Thus I have demonstrated not only that men have ruled over the emotions, but also that a woman has despised the fiercest tortures.
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The lions surrounding Daniel were not so savage, nor was the raging fiery furnace of Mishael so intensely hot, as was her innate parental love, inflamed as she saw her seven sons tortured in such varied ways.
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But the mother quenched so many and such great emotions by devout reason.
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Consider this also: If this woman, though a mother, had been fainthearted, she would have mourned over them and perhaps spoken as follows:
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"O how wretched am I and many times unhappy! After bearing seven children, I am now the mother of none!