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Our children are gone and the vacant footfall echoes on the stair.
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John Morley
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Morley reflects on the absence of his children, evoking a sense of loss and nostalgia.
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But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
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Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
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