...to mold our minds and hearts, and weave out our destiny, is untold. Madame de Staël once remarked, "Give me the first seven years of a child's life, and I care not who has the education of that child afterward." In this season an impression would he made that time and change...

...and fix the destiny of the child than all other agencies combined. "Give me," said Madame de Stael, "the first seven years of a child's life, and I care not who afterward shall have its training." This, as a general principle, will hold good, as the period alluded...

...farmer's home and it is in their hands to give direction to public thought and future public policy. Some one has said " give me the first seven years of a child's life, and I care not who has the rest." The statement is a random one, but it illustrates the importance and advantages of early development...

...TEACHING. BY PROF. JAMBS E. VOSE, ASHBURNHAM, MASS. It was a shrewd remark of the Catholic priest, — "Give me the first seven years of a child's life, and I care not who has the rest." Give me the first ten years of a child's school life, let me appoint the teacher and prescribe...

...often-quoted remark of the late Archbishop Hughes, of the Roman Church, of New York, "Give me the first five years of a child's life, and I care not who has the remaining years," cannot be too carefully pondered. It will always be true, as Milton sings, " The...

...meaning lies." " The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." "Give me the first six years of a child's life, and I care not who has the rest." " The child of six years has learned already far more than a student learns in his entire university...

...such wellknown phrases as, "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world" ; "Give me the first six years of a child's life, and I care not who has the rest " ; " The child of six years has learned already far more than a student learns in his entire...

...aims. The answers showed the wisdom of the Romish cardinal who said, "Give me the training of the first years of a child's life, and I care not who has the rest." Perhaps a review of some of these frank statements, which I am permitted to quote, will be suggestive....

...first six years of a child's life are the most impressionable and important. " Give me the first six years of a child's life, and I care not who has the rest." Everybody believes that moral training is of paramount importance and that the formation of...

...the hand "that rocks the cradle rules the world." A noted Priest, relying upon the same fact, once said: "Give me the first seven years of a child's life and I can tell you what manner of man he will become." Good intentions, without the corresponding actions,...