...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,...

...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...

...where parents should be so absolutely correct, as in a systematic course of educating their children. " 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree 'a inclined." It is here that the most part profess to inculcate morality and virtue in their...

...refers to education in its most comprehensive sense and just definition in the following lines : — " 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire ; The next a tradesman, meek, and much...

...which forms the heading of this section. This, however, is of the utmost moment in moral education. " 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree 'a inclined." The earliest developements, whether of good or evil, must be observed and studied,...

...instructors wish them to go, expecting that when they are old they will not depart therefrom ; for " T is education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree 's inclined." And when they have advanced to manhood, their pious Orthodox teachers still treat...

...occasion ; but more reasonable thank you who are the givers of the benefit, ording to one of our books, " "Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.'' 1 * Thanks then to you for giving me the proper bent, and for bestowing such care...

...currently and unquestioned among all nations-and throughout all ages. Those much admired lines of Pope, " 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined," may be considered as a poetical paraphrase of the inspired maxim. Education exerts...

...in the efficacy of education, and the unbounded advantages expected from it. Pope's couplet : — " 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined," so often quoted, that it is familiar to those who cannot claim acquaintance with...

...that purpose, but its objects and obligations are much higher and much more sacred ; it is said, ' 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree 's inclined.' But its beneficial effects are not confined to the common mind, but all minds take...