Quote#Children
All sensible people agree in thinking that large seminaries of young…
Quote byVicesimus Knox · 1752–1821
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Liberal Education (1780), § 27.
English (original)
All sensible people agree in thinking that large seminaries of young ladies, though managed with all the vigilance and caution which human abilities can exert, are in danger of great corruption.
— Vicesimus Knox
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