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'The power of love - which is the
manifestation of the forces which tend
to preserve life - is there in the baby as
well as the destructive impulses, and
finds its first fundamental expression
in the baby’s attachment to his mother’s
breast which develops into love for her
as a person.
My psycho-analytic work has convinced
me that when in the baby’s mind the
conflicts between love and hate arise,
and the fears of losing the loved one
become active, a very important step is
made in development.
These feelings of guilt and distress now
enter as a new element in the emotion of love'.
Love, Guilt and Reparation
(1937), p.311.
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