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child is father of the man

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child is father of the man and child is father to the man
Prov. People's personalities form when they are children; A person will have the same qualities as an adult that he or she had as a child. (From William Wordsworth's poem, "My Heart Leaps Up.") In Bill's case, the child was father of the man; he never lost his childhood delight in observing nature.
See also: child, father, man


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Consider the following expression, quoted from a poem by William Wordsworth: "The child is father of the man.
 
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