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"When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching."

Robert Bly, American Poet

Home, Father, Children, Day

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"When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching."

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"When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching."

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