Suppose a sculptor should take a piece of marble and stand it
in front of his studio on the sidewalk, and should invite every
passer-by to have a stroke at it with mallet and chisel, shaping
it according to the fancy or the caprice of the moment, and
then at the end of the year have it suddenly endowed with life,
and ask it to choose what it would be--the shape of a god or of
a satyr, of beauty or ugliness, pure and white or stained and
soiled--this man would be rational as compared with the one who
believes that you can let a child grow up until he is twenty
unbiased, without absorbing any religious ideas or convictions,
and then freely choose what he will be. If you do not bias the
child, the first that he meets on the street, or in his school,
or among his companions, will begin the work of biasing, of
impression, of education, of training; for this is a continuous
process. Whether you will or not, it is something over which you
have no choice. It is something that will be done either wisely
and well, or unwisely and ill.--MINOT J. SAVAGE.
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=Remainders Saved=--See CONSERVATION OF REMAINDERS.
=Remains of Insects=--See INSECTS OF REMOTE TIMES.