"I would rather compare it [the mind] to a Seed, which contains all the Stamina of the future Plant, and all those Principles of Perfection, to which it aspires in its After-growth, and regularly arrives by gradual Stages, unless it is obstructed in its Progress by external Violence."
Dialogues Concerning Education
8 entries in ESTC (1745, 1748, 1753, 1755, 1757, 1768).<br>
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Fordyce, David. <u>Dialogues Concerning Education</u>. 2 vols. (London: [s.n.], 1745). 