The Corner Stone of Education An Essay On the Home Training of Children
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The prominence in ordinary minds of the idea of necessity, the frequent sound of the word " must, " are signifi- cant of an underlying doctrine of life, which to the child, if he were rational, would be puzzling enough. Apparently his father is eager to obey his inclinations, which are generally of a simple kind, easily understood by the diminutive but observant critic ; they are ordinary appetites, demanding a scientifically cooked and quite ample meal, the time of which must not be altered if... it can possibly be avoided : if it cannot, a loss of temper is looked upon not only as justifiable but praiseworthy. Inclination also prompts to fairly frequent light reading and spells of time from which mental effort is carefully banished. But to secure these ends the purpose to which the main current of life is directed is frequently and seriously interrupted. The making of money, 88 HOME TRAINING [v obviously necessary for the hire of a competent cook, or the command of accelerated locomotion, is very often set aside quickly but firmly for many days together, till it might be thought that it had never been a serious object at all.
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