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Vsuresh Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Child is the father?

Hi

Child is the father of the man.

Can you help me with the meaning of this thought by William Wordsworth?
  

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Hi, I take it to mean that the child comes first, before he grows into a man. What the man becomes is dictated by what the child is. Here is some discussion of the topic.

— Clive

  • Hi, I take it to mean that the child comes first, before he grows into a man.
  • What the man becomes is dictated by what the child is.
  • Here is some discussion of the topic.
  • com/william-wordsworth/discuss/meaning-child-father-man-8559 There is another famous, and similar quotation.
  • As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined.
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Hi,

I take it to mean that the child comes first, before he grows into a man. What the man becomes is dictated by what the child is.

Here is some discussion of the topic.

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Thank you, Clive.

Thanks for the new one you have shown me. I will spend some time on it today.
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