"What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to a human Soul."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
James Hoey
Date
1765
Metaphor
"What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to a human Soul."
Metaphor in Context
What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to a human Soul. The Philosopher, the Saint, and the Hero the wise, the good, or the great Man, very often lie hid in a Plebeian, which a proper Education might have disinterred, and have brought to Light.
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Provenance
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Citation
An Index to Mankind: or Maxims Selected from the Wits of all Nations (Dublin: James Hoey, 1765). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
11/23/2011
