 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 - 1854 - 458 pages
...mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind. 'Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, sss Our most important are our earliest years : The mind,...holds fast the clue That Education gives her, false or tnie. Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's coltish disposition asks the thong ;... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...principles, live yet 8 One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind. Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most...sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That education gives her, false or true. Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong j Man's... | |
 | Massachusetts. Board of Education - 1854 - 972 pages
...the growth of maturer years. "The dewdrop on the infant plant Has warped the giant oak forever." " The Mind — impressible and soft — with ease Imbibes...sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That first instruction gives her — false or true." Above all others should the teacher of the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...live yet; 350 One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind. 'Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most...earliest years; The Mind, impressible and soft, with ease 355 Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew, That... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...principles, live yet ; One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind. 'Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most...seldom strong ; Man's coltish disposition asks the thonz : And without discipline the favourite chdd, Like a neglected forester, runs wild. But we, as... | |
 | Charles Greenwood - 1855 - 440 pages
...and pursuit in life ; and, in eight cases out of ten, have decided the character of the individual. " The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes...the clue That education gives her, false or true." As a rule we have but to ask relative to an individual, what was the political and religious faith... | |
 | House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1855 - 176 pages
...the nursery — we must inquire what sort of female influence was thrown around their early being. " Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind...; And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue Which education gives her, false or true." When we speak of woman we are too apt to apply the term... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...principles, live yet: One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind. 'Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most...sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That Education gives her, false or true. Plants rais'd with tenderness are seldom strong; Man's... | |
 | Richard Dawes - 1857 - 272 pages
...SeSjtntfj Etottum. ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. -*" LONDON : GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS. 5, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1857. ' Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind...life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gires her, false or true." COWPEB. WEUinZIMEB AND CO., PBINTEKS, FINSBUBY CIBCU9. CONTENTS. PACE. INTRODUCTION... | |
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