 | Massachusetts. Board of Education - 1839 - 698 oldal
...incentive which will lead that boy to a life of crime. How well has it been said, by a recent writer, " Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist...crooked oak will tell of thee, for centuries to come !" and 'it is equally true, that a single bad impression, imprinted upon the mind of a child, may determine,... | |
 | 1844 - 398 oldal
...honey-sweet, but laeking not the bitter. For eharaeter groweth day by day, and all things aid it in unfolding; And the bent unto good or evil may be given in the hours of infaney. Serateh the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The searred and erooked... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1845 - 320 oldal
...the education of the young. "For character groweth day by day, and all things aid it in unfolding} And the bent unto good or evil may be given in the hours of infancy. Scratch the green rind of the sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1845 - 520 oldal
...And the hent unto good or evil mny he given in the hoars of infancy. Scratch the green rind of the sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked onk will tell of thee for centuries to come." If ever the evil days of civil strife come upon us, we... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. House - 1846 - 1194 oldal
...incentive which will lead that boy to a life of crime. How well has it been said, by a recent writer, " Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist...crooked oak will tell of thee, for centuries to come !" and it is equally true, that a single bad impression, imprinted upon the mind of a child, may determine,... | |
 | 1851 - 316 oldal
...more we do, the more we can do ; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have." EARLY TEACHING. — Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, and a scarred or crooked oak will tell of the act for centuries to come. How forcibly does this figure... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1848 - 566 oldal
...immi* Tapper has these lines : " For character groweth day by day, and all things aid it in unfolding, And the bent unto good or evil may be given in the...infancy : Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wanton ingly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will toll of thee tor centuries to come.... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1848 - 216 oldal
...was terrible unrest, shrieks and groans and thunder. Prov. Phil. i. Rest. EARl.Y EDUCATION. SCEATCH the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it...the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thco for centuries to come ; Even so mayst thou guide the mind to good, or lead it to the marrings... | |
 | Home and colonial school society - 1848 - 412 oldal
...the cradle. Early habits cling to us through life ; for as the twig is bent, so the bow will grow. Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, the seared and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come : even so the bent into good or evil... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1849 - 298 oldal
...LETTERS FROM NEW- YORK. £ 3 iH ft W S3 C " For character groweth day by day, and all things aid r* p. And the bent unto good or evil may be given in the he Scratch the green rind of the sapling, or wantonly twi The scarred and crooked oak will tell of... | |
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Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come... 
