Before the era of steam, men used to tow their boats wearily up
the lower Ohio, or the Mississippi, with a long line. At night
it was not always safe for them to fasten their boats on the
bank while they slept, because there was danger from the wash
of the underflowing current that they would find themselves
drifting and pulling a tree after them. Therefore, they sought
out well-planted, solid, enduring trees, and tied to them, and
the phrase became popular, “That man will do to tie to.”
(2097)
=Moral Contagion=--See RETORT, PERSONAL.
=Moral Decay=--See CORRUPTION, INNER.
=Moral Meaning of the World=--See FAITH IN A MORAL UNIVERSE.
=Moral Pervasiveness=--See CHARACTER IMPARTED.