培根美文赏析-OfParentsAndChildrenTHEjoysofparentsaresecret;andsoaretheirgriefsandfears.Theycannotuttertheone;northeywillnotuttertheother.Childrensweetenlabors;buttheymakemisfortunesmorebitter.Theyincreasethecaresoflife;buttheymitigatetheremembranceofdeath.Theperpetuitybygenerationiscommontobeasts;butmemory,merit,andnobleworks,arepropertomen.Andsurelyamanshallseethenoblestworksandfoundationshaveproceededfromchildlessmen;whichhavesoughttoexpresstheimagesoftheirminds,wherethoseoftheirbodieshavefailed.Sothecareofposterityismostinthem,thathavenoposterity.Theythatarethefirstraisersoftheirhouses,aremostindulgenttowardstheirchildren;beholdingthemasthecontinuance,notonlyoftheirkind,butoftheirwork;andsobothchildrenandcreatures.Thedifferenceinaffection,ofparentstowardstheirseveralchildren,ismanytimesunequa