“There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.” WorldChildrenPlayBodyActionDiesSeaDyingForgottenInnocentAshesInfantCradleForgetfulnessRedeemingDeep SeaChildren Dying Book:The Old Curiosity Shop Source: The Old Curiosity Shop
“It didn't take elaborate experiments to deduce that an infant would die from want of food. But it took centuries to figure out that infants can and do perish from want of love.” WantChildrenDiesCenturyFiguresExperimentsInfantChildren Love Book:Lost Children: Separation and Loss Between Children and Parents Source: Lost Children: Separation and Loss Between Children and Parents
“Ere the dolphin dies Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath Are tropic winds before the voice of death.” DeathDiesVoiceWindBreathsInfantHueDolphins Book:Fanny Source: Fanny
“The gravitation constant is the same always. But the economic constants-these elasticities of demand and supply-depending, as they do, upon human consciousness, are liable to vary. The constitution of the atom, as it were, and not merely its position, changes under the influence of environment.” MenGivingHumansEndsFormDiesStrongBornConsciousnessEconomicDyingEmotionalBirthPeriodsDemandOptimismCrisisConstantErrorsProsperityExcitedErasExcitementGiantsPessimismInfantVaryLiableHuman ConsciousnessNew EraGravitationElasticityStrong Emotional Author:Arthur Cecil Pigou