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Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends towards the formation of character.

Source: In A Treasury of Great American Quotations, by Charles Hurd, 1964.
-- Hosea Ballou, (Apr 30 1771-1852), US clergyman; He is noted as the founder of Universalism; his unorthodox sermons linked religious expression to daily experience.

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