You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a better kind, as you would a piece of bronze. But you cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does. - John Ruskin

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John Ruskin: "You may chisel a boy into shape, as you would a rock, or hammer him into it, if he be of a better kind, as you would a piece of bronze. But you cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does."

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Anything	Better	Bronze	Chisel
Flower	Girl	Grows	Hammer
Into	Kind	Piece	Rock
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