 | Edmund Burke - History - 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... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Education - 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 - Capital punishment - 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) - Child rearing - 1819 - 206 pages
... , 1 . wt> / *• . PJ" \ • . •. TFTE IMPROVEMENT EARLY EDUCATION Discipline, " I think I may say, that, of all the men we meet with,...good or evil, useful " or not, by their education." LOCKE " To neglect beginnings it the fundamental error into " which most parents fall." " Parents wonder... | |
 | Charities - 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... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1902 - 742 pages
...editions of classical authors. John Locke thought " 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." Although he never married, his little treatise, How to britig up your Children 3 —composed more than... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1825 - 576 pages
...wrong, and demands correction. Mr. Locke truly says, " Of all the men we meet with, nine parts in ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education ;" and as the correctuess of this opinion cannot be questioned, let the curious inquirer or the humane... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa Gurney) - Child rearing - 1826 - 176 pages
...Edition. JAMES R. BUFPCM. 1826. "I think J 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." LOCKE. " To neglect beginnings is the fundamental error into which most parents fall." "Parents wonder... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...SCHOOLS OF CORRUPTION. 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." Never was this truth more strongly exemplified, than in the case of persons of comparativelypure lives... | |
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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. 
