 Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is in effect but an early custom.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3651905Full view - About this book
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