“Curiosity should be as carefully cherish'd in children, as other appetites suppress'd.”

Sec. 108
Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)
Context: They should always be heard, and fairly and kindly answer'd, when they ask after any thing they would know, and desire to be informed about. Curiosity should be as carefully cherish'd in children, as other appetites suppress'd.

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