I don’t think the “Copybook headings” are a direct reference to truth. Some random googlings suggest that the following is a representative example of those copybook headings, which seem more to me like proverbs and references to old wisdom, than to some core concept of truth:
“Eternal vigilance is the price of success.”
“If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.”
“All is not gold that glitters.”
“Well begun is half done.”
I do think the poem works well for the point you are trying to make, but figured I would provide a bit of context.
Yeah, that’s why I said it addressed this point “among others”—my summary of the poem’s message would be something like “There are timeless principles of morality and common sense that are fundamentally true; when what’s fundamentally true becomes unfashionable and people believe what’s popular or sounds good instead, disaster ultimately ensues.”
My post refers primarily to the second part of that message (beliefs are for true things, reject this at your peril) rather than the first part.
I don’t think the “Copybook headings” are a direct reference to truth. Some random googlings suggest that the following is a representative example of those copybook headings, which seem more to me like proverbs and references to old wisdom, than to some core concept of truth:
“Eternal vigilance is the price of success.”
“If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.”
“All is not gold that glitters.”
“Well begun is half done.”
I do think the poem works well for the point you are trying to make, but figured I would provide a bit of context.
Yeah, that’s why I said it addressed this point “among others”—my summary of the poem’s message would be something like “There are timeless principles of morality and common sense that are fundamentally true; when what’s fundamentally true becomes unfashionable and people believe what’s popular or sounds good instead, disaster ultimately ensues.”
My post refers primarily to the second part of that message (beliefs are for true things, reject this at your peril) rather than the first part.