When it is considered, how much the useful portion of life is dependent upon the preparatory part, the character of the influences brought to bear during that part, and the manner of their application, become a subject of deep importance.
This quote emphasizes the importance of formative experiences and influences in shaping a person's life.
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It is this species of corruption that is becoming a stench in the nostrils of all those whose patriotism is more than pocket deep.
Or will they sell their birthright for less than a “mess of pottage?” Is it necessary that some great calamity come before an awakening to the reality of the condition will occur?
That kind of money which has elasticity, that will be plenty when business is active, and that can be readily put to other use for profit when business is less demanding, is the kind the prosperity of a country demands.
To do so carries no conviction nor prophetic knowledge of what must be next, as a necessary sequence.