 | Massachusetts. Board of Education - Education - 1839 - 698 pages
...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 pages
...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 oak will tell of thee for eenturies to eome: Even so mayest thou guide the mind... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - New York (N.Y.) - 1845 - 320 pages
...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...crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come." If ever the evil days of civil strife come upon us, we shall find that these party processions and... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - New York (N.Y.) - 1845 - 520 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1851 - 316 pages
...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... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - Conduct of life - 1848 - 216 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - Domestic education - 1850 - 356 pages
...peace and love ; A resting-place for innocence on earth ; a link between angels and men ; Yet it is a talent of trust, a loan to be rendered back with...will tell of thee for centuries to come ; Even so mayest thou guide the mind to good, or lead it to the marrings of evil. With his mother's milk the... | |
 | Bradford Kinney Peirce, Bradford Kinney Pierce - Gift books - 1850 - 360 pages
...burdened heart. SOUTHEY. TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP. HOME-HABITS. BY ItKV. II. C. BBIGGS. For character growcth day by day, and all things aid It In unfolding, And...will tell of thee for centuries to come ; Even so mayest thou guide the mind to good, or lead it to the marrings of evil, For disposition is builded... | |
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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... 
