Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read and dispute together, should have all the honors, and, if one may say so, the pomp of learning set before them, to call up their ardor. It is their business, and they should apply to it as such.


The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: With a Memoir (ed. 1825)

Anna Laetitia Barbauld Quotes

Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes,...

Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes,...

Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes,...

Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes,...