Mothers Should Inform Themselves on Laws of Heredity—In past generations, if mothers had informed themselves in regard to the laws of their being, they would have understood that their constitutional strength, as well as the tone of their morals and their mental faculties, would in a great measure be represented in their offspring. Their ignorance upon this subject, where so much is involved, is criminal.—Healthful Living, 37, 1865 (Part 2) . (Selected Messages 2:431.) {1MCP 142.4}

Mødre burde informere sig selv om nedarvingslovene. - Hvis mødre i tidligere generationer havde informeret sig selv om deres væsens love, ville de havde forstået at deres medfødte styrke, såvel som deres moralske sundhed og deres (143) mentale evner, ville i stor målestok kunne fremstilles i deres afkom. Der hvor dette er udbredt, er deres uvidenhed om dette emne kriminelt. - HL (Part 2) 37, 1865. (2SM 431.)