“You have not that power you ought to have over him, till he comes to be”

—  John Locke , book Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Sec. 97
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
Context: You have not that power you ought to have over him, till he comes to be more afraid of offending so good a friend than of losing some part of his future expectation.

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