...the hours allotted for study, if really applied to it, instead of running up & down stairs, & wasted in conversation with any one who will talk with you, will enable you to make considerable progress in whatsoever line is marked out for you: and that y
" ...the hours allotted for study, if really applied to it, instead of running up & down stairs, & wasted in conversation with any one who will talk with you, will enable you to make considerable progress in whatsoever line is marked out for you: and that you may do it, is my sincere wish "
George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis | Sunday, January 07, 1798
Editorial Notes
Never having had the opportunity for a formal education, Washington encouraged his relatives with such a chance to make the most of their time in school.