‘Tis education forms the tender mind Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclin’d

Full Text
‘Tis education forms the tender mind Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclin’d
Listed on Page Number
267
Sampler Worked By
Hannah Janney
Date of Sampler
1785
Place Sampler Made
possibly Loudon County, VA (Hannah Janney was the mother of Johns Hopkins, philanthropist. She was born in Loudon County, VA.)
Sampler Listed on Page
55
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Pope, Alexander. Pope's Epistles to Several Persons /AKA Moral Essays (1732). Epistle 1- Lines 149-150
Notes
/www.quotery.com/quotes/tis-education-forms-common-mind Original verse: 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.’ Other uses of the verse: Polly Warren, 1798 Northborough MA, p 84; Peggy Bartlett, 1801 Haverhill, Essex Co, MA, p.126; Catharine Willsey Van Cleve Boyd, 1829, Hackensack NJ p. 130; Mary S. Cleveland, 1823, n.p. p.139; Mary M Dagget, 1813, Holmes Hole MA p.146; Cornelia Fuller, 1809 NY, NY, p 159; Rachel B. Gibbs, 1812, p. 161; Persis Hutchins, 1814 Bath, NH p.178; Lucy E. Nicholl, 1826 Salem, MA, p.201; Mary A. Randall, 1818 Smithfield (n.p.) p.212; Reed, Eliza, n.d., n.p. p 213); Sabra B. Watson, 1821 , Barrington RI. p 238.