Dinah Craik Quote

It seemed as if she had given these treasures and left him alone — to use them or lose them, apply them or misapply them, according to his own choice. That is all we can do with children, when they grow into big children, old enough to distinguish between right and wrong, and too old to be forced to do either.

Ch 7 - The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak (1875)

It seemed as if she had given these treasures and left him alone — to use them or lose them, apply them or misapply them, according to his own...

It seemed as if she had given these treasures and left him alone — to use them or lose them, apply them or misapply them, according to his own...

It seemed as if she had given these treasures and left him alone — to use them or lose them, apply them or misapply them, according to his own...

It seemed as if she had given these treasures and left him alone — to use them or lose them, apply them or misapply them, according to his own...