"If this be the Case, it dictates the Necessity of early Education of Children, in whom, not the Soul only but the organick Powers are, as a Lump of soft Wax, which is always ready to receive any Impression; but if harden'd, grow callous, and stubborn, and like what we call Sealing-Wax, obstinately refuse the Impression of the Seal, unless melted and reduced by the Force of Fire; that is to say, Unless moulded and temper'd to Instruction, Length of Time and abundance of Difficulty."
Mere Nature Delineated