the child is the father of the man
- the child is the father of the man
An assertion of the unity of character from youth to manhood. Cf. 1671 MILTON Paradise Regained IV. 220 The childhood shews the man, As morning shews the day.
1807 WORDSWORTH Poems (1952) I. 226 My heart leaps up when I behold / A rainbow in the sky: / So was it when my life began... / The Child is father of the Man.
1871 S. SMILES Character ii. The influences which contribute to form the character of the child..endure through life... ‘The child is father of the man.’
1907 E. GOSSE Father & Son xii. We are the victims of hallowed proverbs, and one of the most classic of these tells us that ‘the child is the father of the man’.
2002 Washington Post 31 May C7 ‘The child is father of the man’ is an idea that’s been around for a while, but Gail Tsukiyama takes this notion and tweaks it, ever so gently.
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