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  • Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This is like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. As John Newton said, 'I cannot sweep the darkness out, but I can shine it out.'

    Orison Swett Marden (2007). “The Miracle of Right Thought”, p.167, Cosimo, Inc.