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Bedrock of Civilization: the family is the first natural society from which all other communities and nations spring, the very cornerstone of civilization.(THE FAMILY)(Essay)

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| April 14, 2008 | Shibler, Ann | COPYRIGHT 2008 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.

--William Ross Wallace

William Ross Wallace was a poet, not an historian. Yet what historian would dare dismiss his famous dictum that "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world"? Don't the youth determine the future? And aren't they deeply and permanently influenced by the hand that rocks the cradle?

Yet the history books say relatively little about the hand that rocks the cradle or about the family, compared to other subjects such as war and politics. There is a reason for this, and it does not have to do with child-rearing ...

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