"The mind of man is, at first, a kind of tabula rasa; or like a piece of blank paper, and bears no original inscriptions, when we come into the world; we owe all the characters afterwards drawn upon it, to the impressions made upon our senses; to education, custom, and the like."
The Universal Mentor; Containing, Essays on the Most Important Subjects in Life
3 entries in ESTC (1763, 1773).<br>
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Text from <u>The Universal Mentor; Containing, Essays on the Most Important Subjects in Life; Composed of Observations, Sentiments, and Examples of Virtue, Selected from the most approved Ethic Writers, Biographers, and Historians. Both Antient and Modern. By Sir John Fielding, Kn.</u> (Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, and Samuel Watson, 1763). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T77067">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;