 Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false...  Memoir of His Own Life - Page 48by Roger Lamb - 1811 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...principles, live yet : One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left bebind. 'Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most...earliest years ; The Mind, impressible and soft, with case Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pages
...of forming character, and therefore indubitably of the greatest moment. Then " The mind, improvable and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees ; And through life's labyrinth holds out the clue, That education gives her, false or true." Lord Brougham, the noble advocate of popular... | |
 | Louis-Aimé Martin - 1842 - 598 pages
...race. REMARKS ON THE PREVAILING METHODS OF EDUCATION, AND THEIR INFLUENCE UPON HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. " "Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most...ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And Vhro' life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true." COWPER. MANY reflecting... | |
 | Alonzo Potter, George Barrell Emerson - 1842 - 586 pages
...standard high that we shall accomplish the utmost in our power. CHAPTER I. A TEACHER'S PERSONAL DUTIES. " The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes...sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That education gives her, false or true." CoWPER. "Yes, it is a grave responsibility which rests... | |
 | Samuel Jackson - 1851 - 1172 pages
...cast in the precious seed of a pious training, jppointed season. " *Ea granted, and no plainer trnth appears, Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind impressible and soft, with eaae Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees : And, through life's labyrinth, holds fast the clue... | |
 | 1855 - 664 pages
...the infant plant Has warped the giant oak forever." "The mind — impressible and soft — with rase Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees; And through life's labyrinth, holds fast the clew That first instruction gives her — false or true." Above all others, should the first teacher... | |
 | John Dunkin - 1844 - 606 pages
...party-purpose-serving National Schools ? THE CHARITY AND NATIONAL SCHOOL. No plainer truth appear-;, Our most important are our earliest years ; The Mind,...sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That education gives her, false or true. Confer' s Progress of Error. This Institution originated... | |
 | 1844 - 450 pages
...on the principles formed at starting. In our earliest years, again to borrow the words of Covvper, "The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes...And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue." Wordsworth says, with some singularity of manner certainly, but yet with great truth, pithiness, and... | |
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...on the principles formed at starting. In our earliest years, again to borrow the words of Cowper, " The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes...And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue." Wordsworth says, with some singularity of manner certainly, but yet with great truth, pithiness, and... | |
 | 1844 - 452 pages
...on the principles formed at starting. In our earliest years, again to borrow the words of Cowper, " The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she bears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue." Wordsworth says, with some singularity... | |
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