JUNE 12
I allow that what is commonly called a religious education frequently does more hurt than good; and that many of the persons who were so educated are sinners above other men, and have contracted an enmity to religion which usually continues all their lives. And this will naturally be the case, if either the religion wherein they are instructed or the manner of instructing then be wrong. How few there are of those that undertake the education of children who understand the nature of religion, who know what true religion us!
Thoughts on Education
I love the poor: in many of them I find pure genuine grace, unmixed with paint, folly, and affectation.
Letter, 25th September, 1757
