Anne Brontë. Stranger from Wildfell Hall (№ 115467)

It is better to strengthen the forces of the young hero than trying to weaken and disarm his enemy; that, cultivating oak in the greenhouse, faithfully taking care of him day and night, protecting it from the slightest breeze, you can't hope he will become as strong and mighty as an oak that grew on the hillside, the open violence of all elements, and acquainted with grief, even of the storm.