Hosea Ballou Quote

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character.

Manuscript, Sermons; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 216.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character.