"Children are in great need of proper education in order that they may be of use in the world. But any effort that exalts intellectual culture above moral training is misdirected. Instructing, cultivating, polishing, and refining youth and children should be the main burden with both parents and teachers. Close reasoners and logical thinkers are few for the reason that false influences have checked the development of the intellect. The supposition of parents and teachers that continual study would strengthen the intellect has proved erroneous, for in many cases it has had the opposite effect. 3T 142.3"
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
While EGW discusses the balance between intellectual and moral training, the underlying principle of Proverbs 22:6, which emphasizes the importance of early training and its lasting impact, is clearly present. EGW's passage provides a specific application of this principle within the context of education.