Quote#Children
Better build school-rooms for "the boy,"
Quote byEliza Cook · 1812–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "A Song for the Ragged Schools", st. 12. Eliza Cook's Journal, vol. 1 (October 1849) p. 288.
English (original)
Better build school-rooms for "the boy," Than cells and gibbets for "the man."
— Eliza Cook
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