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" The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy, have consequences very important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite opposite... "
A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education - Page 95
by Helvétius - 1810 - 510 pages
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A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties and His Education, Volume 1

Helvétius - Education - 1810 - 452 pages
...observable among them. The " least and most imperceptible impressions received in our in" fancy, have consequences very important, and of a long dura" tion....canals, in quite opposite " courses, so that from the iasensible direction the stream receives " at its source, it takes different directions, and at last...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

Arminianism - 1865 - 1194 pages
...of a long duration. It is with these first impres»\<3u as with a river, whose waters we can e«ily turn by different canals in quite opposite courses ; so that from the in•'-osible direction the stream receives at i» lomce, it takes different directions, ml at last...
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The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the ..., Volume 1

John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 274 pages
...important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite...distant from each other; and with the same facility we may, I think, turn the minds of children to what direction we please. — Locke. , Against hasty...
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Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages

Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite...distant from each other ; and with the same facility we may, I think, turn the minds of children to what direction we please. — Loche. CCLXXXVI. Against...
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The Massachusetts Teacher, Volume 1

Education - 1848 - 398 pages
...important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite...distant from each other ; and with the same facility we may, I think, turn the minds of children to what direction we please. — Locke. [For the Massachusetts...
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The Quarterly educational magazine, and record of the Home and ..., Volume 2

Home and colonial school society - 1849 - 448 pages
...important, and of long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn by different canals, in quite opposite...insensible direction the stream receives at its source, it takea different directions, and at last arrives at places far distant from each other : and with the...
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The Journal of Education for Upper Canada, Volume 2

Education - 1849 - 206 pages
...impressions, as with a river, whœe waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite opposte courses, so that from the insensible direction the...distant from each other ; and with the same facility ;ve may, I think, turn the minds of children to what direction we please. — Edgetcortlt. A WORD TO...
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The Choice Gift: Or Golden Sands, from the River of Literature ...

Sarah C. Carter - American poetry - 1850 - 144 pages
...important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite...distant from each other ; and with the same facility we may, I think, turn the minds of children to what direction we please." oring to cheer a desponding...
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Cooper's Journal: Or, Unfettered Thinker and Plain Speaker for Truth ...

Thomas Cooper - Chartism - 1850 - 492 pages
...important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite...courses, so that from the insensible direction the steam receives at its source, it takes different directions and at last arrives at places far distant...
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Cooper's Journal: Or, Unfettered Thinker and Plain Speaker for Truth ...

Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...important, and of a long duration. It is with these first impressions, as with a river, whose waters we can easily turn, by different canals, in quite...courses, so that from the insensible direction the steam receives at its source, it takes different directions and at last arrives at places far distant...
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