When we talk of parental influence we do not think of terror in connection with it—that is not the primary idea—it is not terror and coercion, but ki… - William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley

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When we talk of parental influence we do not think of terror in connection with it—that is not the primary idea—it is not terror and coercion, but kindness and affection, which may bias the child's mind, and induce the child to do that which may be highly imprudent, and which, if the child were properly protected, he would never do.

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About William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley

William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, PC (29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881) was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1868 and 1872 in William Ewart Gladstone's first ministry.

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Native Name: William Page Wood, 1. Baron Hatherley
Alternative Names: William Page Wood William Wood Baron Hatherley

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