CHAPTER X. The Dress of Old-Time Children

THE DRESS OF OLD-TIME CHILDREN

“Rise up to thy Elders, put off thy Hat, make a Leg”

—“Janua Linguarum,” COMENIUS, 1664.

“Little ones are taught to be proud of their clothes before they can put them on.”

—“Essay on Human Understanding,” LOCKE, 1687.

“When thou thyself, a watery, pulpy, slobbery Freshman and newcomer on this Planet, sattest mewling in thy nurse’s arms; sucking thy coral, and looking forth into the world in the blankest manner, what hadst thou been without thy blankets and bibs and other nameless hulls?”

—“Sartor Resartus,” THOMAS CARLYLE, 1836.