You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already begun. . . .
The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.
The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life
It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays.
When one by one our ties are torn, And friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone to mourn, Oh! then how sweet it is to die!
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Published Sources for Quotations Above:
F:
On Education," "Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose," 1773.
R:
Poems," 1792.
A:
Expectations," "Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose," 1773.
N:
Letter to Miss E. Belshan, later Mrs. Kenrick, 1 7 Feb 1771; "The Works of Anna Letitia Barbauld," Vol. I, 1826.
