If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them — not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.


Gilbert to Helen (Ch. III : A Controversy) - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)


If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly ...

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly ...

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly ...

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly ...