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Quote from "The Candles" (1870)

The table was spread and the potatoes were eaten. How good they tasted! It was a real feast. There was an apple for everyone, and the smallest child said grace:

"Now thanks, dear Lord, I give to Thee
That Thou again hast filled me. Amen."

"And didn't I say it nicely?" the little girl asked.

"Don't say such things," her mother told her. "Just thank the good Lord for filling you up."

Source: Jean Hersholt's translation of "The Candles"

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• Registered motifs in "The Candles"

Registered motifs in this quote:

1. Pious humility and gratitude
2. Prayer

Keywords: Woman,mother, child, dinner

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