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Some Thoughts Concerning Education, and Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money (Classic Reprint)
Some Thoughts Concerning Education and Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money - Classic Reprint Author:John Locke Excerpt from Some Thoughts Concerning Education, and Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money — Tion of a happy state in this world: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be but little the better for anything else. Men's happiness or misery is most part of their o... more »wn making. He whose mind directs not wisely, will never take the right way; and he whose body is crazy and feeble, will never be able to advance in it. I confess there are some men's constitutions of body and mind so vigorous and well framed by nature, that they need not much assistance from others; but by the strength of their natural genius, they are, from their cradles, carried towards what is excellent and, by the privilege of their happy constitutions, are able to do wonders. But examples of this kind are but few; and I think I may say that, of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education. It is that which makes the great difference in mankind. The little, or almost insensible, impressions on our tender infancies, have very important and lasting con sequences; and there it is, as in the fountains of some rivers, where.
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