Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
It is a proverb, is added by St. Jerome, to make the sentence more striking.
It. He is like a tender plant, (Calmet) or wax, or a new vessel. Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem Testa diu. (Horace, ep. i. ad Lol.)
"Shall wool regain its whiteness after it has been dyed purple? "(St. Jerome, ad Lætam.)
Hebrew, "initiate a young "Proportion your lessons to his capacity, and make him relish them.