"Instruction will be but thrown away, it cannot sink into the mind, or take firm root there, so as to fructify, if the mind be not pure and clean, pliable, or docile and open to truth and knowledge, but will quickly be chocked by the opposite illiberal temperature"
Observations upon liberal education, in all its branches: ... designed for the assistance of young gentlemen, ... In three parts. By George Turnbul
Turnbull, George. <u>Observations upon liberal education, in all its branches: ... designed for the assistance of young gentlemen, ... In three parts. By George Turnbull</u>. 1742. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO