I mai no us ha de doldre el treball que us heu donat per apendre'ls; perque el saber val més que cap altra cosa del món; aixo és el que fa que els homes es tornin bons i grans; sereu un gran home i un home bo algun dia, Tom, i aleshores mirareu enrera i direu: «-Tot és degut als beneficis de la preada escola dominical de la meva infantesa; tot és degut a mos benvolguts professors, que m'ensenyaren a apendre; tot és degut al bon superintendent, que m'encoratja i vetlla per mi i em dona una bella Bíblia, una Bíblia esplendida i elegant, per servar-la i tenir-la per al meu ús, per a sempre més; tot és degut a la recta educació!»
And you never can be sorry for the trouble you took to learn them; for knowledge is worth more than anything there is in the world; it's what makes great men and good men; you'll be a great man and a good man yourself, some day, Thomas, and then you'll look back and say, It's all owing to the precious Sunday-school privileges of my boyhood--it's all owing to my dear teachers that taught me to learn--it's all owing to the good superintendent, who encouraged me, and watched over me, and gave me a beautiful Bible--a splendid elegant Bible--to keep and have it all for my own, always--it's all owing to right bringing up!