 | Elias Hicks - 1834 - 244 lehte
...of superstition and tradition, which have been riveted on their minds by an erroneous education. " 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." What very great responsibility attaches to parents, and how very necessary it is... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 434 lehte
...writer, however fraught with wisdom either human or divine. To say, for the thousandth time — ' ' Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree 's inclined,' is to compress volumes into a single couplet; and is no less true than it was when... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 lehte
...characters ought to be drawn ; A judge is just ; a chancellor, juster still ; A gownman, learn'd ; a bishop, what you will ; Wise, if a minister ; but, if a king, More wise, more learn'd, more just, more every thing. 140 Court virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate, Born where... | |
 | Stephen Burroughs - 1835 - 372 lehte
...laws to which they are appointed. But I return from this digression to the narrative. CHAP. II. Tig education forms the common mind: Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inelin'd. BEING possessed with the most romantic ideas of military prowess, I longed for an... | |
 | 1871 - 340 lehte
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 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 lehte
...in crape is twice a saint in lawn ; A judge is just, a chancellor juster still ; A gownman learn'd, a bishop what you will ; Wise, if a minister; but. if a king, More wise, more learn'd, more just, more every thing. Court virtues bear like gems, the highest rate, 141 Born where... | |
 | Charles Caldwell - 1838 - 166 lehte
...strength and unbridledness, as to be afterwards irreclaimable. So true are the words of the poet : " 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." That the " bent " therefore may be of sufficient compass, and in the right direction,... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 lehte
...discoverable in us, and which by some are believed to be innate. The force of education is very great, — 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent, the tree "s inclin'd. But, even to establish my own opinion, I would not by any means encourage an inquiry... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 396 lehte
...discoverable in us, and which by some are believed to be innate. The force of education is very great, — 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent, the tree 's inclin'd. But, even to establish my own opinion, I would not by any means encourage an inquiry... | |
 | 1838 - 528 lehte
...the sort of education he may have received, and the circumstances under which he has been trained — 'Tis education forms the common mind — Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. We have long devoted, and most successfully continue to devote, a great deal of care... | |
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Tis Education forms the common mind, Just as the Twig is bent, the Tree's inclin'd. 
