You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be what you were - diligent, modest, active, simple in his tastes, fertile in resources.... Poverty educated you; wealth will educate him. You cannot suppose the result will be the same.


The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1825)

Anna Laetitia Barbauld Quotes

You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be...

You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be...

You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be...

You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be...