“Inestimably valuable is training, influence, education, in right directions—training one’s self-approbation to elevate its ideals.”
- Source
- What Is Man?
- Date
- 1906
- Local voice
- Dialogue speaker · Old Man
Meaning of “Inestimably valuable is training, influence, education, in right…”
Even while denying independent self-origination, the Old Man treats training and education as powerful because repeated influences can redirect standards, conduct, and aspiration.
Where does it come from?
What Is Man?, discussion of a timid man learning courage; the sentence belongs to the Old Man’s argument for the formative power of training and influence.
Why the local voice matters
What Is Man?, discussion of a timid man learning courage; the sentence belongs to the Old Man’s argument for the formative power of training and influence.