 | Edmund Burke - 1844 - 978 pages
...still more so. John Locke said, " I think I may say that of all the men we meet with, nine parts in ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by...is that which makes the great difference in mankind ;" whilst the language of Solomon was, " Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 492 pages
...this kind are but few ; and I think I may say, that, of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by...application of the hand turns the flexible waters into channels, that make them take quite contrary courses; and by this little direction, given them... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1812 - 372 pages
...with, nine parts of ten are what they '* are, good or evil, useful or not, by their edu** cation. "Pis that which makes the great •' difference in mankind....little or almost " insensible impressions on our tender infan" cies, have very important and lasting conse" quences : and there it is, as in the foun" tains... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1812 - 374 pages
...loner Orders of tlie Irish. I THINK I may say, that of all the men we * meet with, nine parts of ten are what they *' are, good or evil, useful or not, by their edu" cation. 'Tis that which makes the great " difference in mankind. The little or almost " insensible... | |
 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1818 - 158 pages
...itself to my view." 61 It is remarked by Mr. Locke — " Of all the men we meet with, nine parts in ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education." Let us pause for a moment, and consider what education we bestow upon those whom we place under the... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa Gurney) - 1819 - 206 pages
...wt> / *• . PJ" \ • . •. TFTE IMPROVEMENT EARLY EDUCATION Discipline, " I think I may say, that, of all the men we meet with, - nine parts often are...good or evil, useful " or not, by their education." LOCKE " To neglect beginnings it the fundamental error into " which most parents fall." " Parents wonder... | |
 | 1819 - 384 pages
...following words i " It is remarked by Mr. Locke — ' Of all the men we meet with, nine parts in ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education.' Let us pause for a moment, and consider what education we bestow on those whom we place under the tuition... | |
 | 1854 - 718 pages
...— ' I think I may say ' that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of them are what ' they are by their education. It is that which makes the great ' difference in mankind.' Facts we think, on the contrary, make it pretty obvious, that as man, in general, becomes what he is... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 502 pages
...constitutions, are able to do wonders. But examples of this kind are but few ; and I think I may say, that, of all the men we meet with, nine parts often are...application of the hand turns the flexible waters into channels, that make them take quite contrary courses ; and by this little direction, given them... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 504 pages
...this kind are but few; and I think I may say, that, of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by...application of the hand turns the flexible waters into channels, that make them take quite contrary courses ; and by this little direction, given them... | |
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I think I may say, that, of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education. 
