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" If the mind be curbed and humbled too much in children; if their spirits be abased and broken much by too strict an hand over them; they lose all their vigour and industry, and are in a worse state than the former.Lockeon Education,¶ 46. "

Samuel Johnson , A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One


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Samuel Johnson quote : If the mind be curbed and humbled too much in children; if their spirits be abased and broken much by too strict an hand over them; they lose all their vigour and industry, and are in a worse state than the former.Lockeon Education,¶ 46.