"The Mind, a Blank, when Life begins to flow, / But without Knowledge capable to know, / The God of Nature to our Care commits; / As to the Press we send th' unsully'd Sheets."
Of Education: To Mr. Bellamy [from Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose]
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1738, 1739, 1748, 1752).<br>
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See <u>Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of John Bancks. Adorned With Sculptures and Illustrated With Notes.</u> (London: printed by T. Aris, in Red-Lyon-Court, Fleet-Street, for the author; and sold by C. Corbett, at Addison’s-Head, over-against St. Dunstan’s Church, in Fleet-Street; J. Brindley, in New-Bond-Street; Mess. Gilliver and Clarke, in Westminster-Hall; J. James, under the Royal Exchange; Mess. Ward and Chandler, without Temple-Bar; and at their Shops in Coney-Street, York, and at Scarborough Spaw, 1738). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T39438">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of Mr. John Bancks</u>, 2nd ed., vol. I (London: James Hodges, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=42U5AAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;