Rest Is By No Means A Waste

Savages Have Often Been Likened To Children, And The Comparison Is Not Only Correct But Also Highly Instructive. Many Naturalists Consider That The Early Condition Of The Individual Indicates That Of The Race,-that The Best Test Of The Affinities Of A Species Are The Stages Through Which It Passes. So Also It Is In The Case Of Man; The Life Of Each Individual Is An Epitome Of The History Of The Race, And The Gradual Development Of The Child Illustrates That Of The Species.

Our Own Happiness Ought Not To Be Our Main Objective In Life.

Be Cautious, But Not Too Cautious; Do Not Be Too Much Afraid Of Making A Mistake; A Man Who Never Makes A Mistake Will Make Nothing.

Our Great Mistake In Education Is ... The Worship Of Book-learning-the Confusion Of Instruction And Education. We Strain The Memory Instead Of Cultivating The Mind. ... We Ought To Follow Exactly The Opposite Course With Children-to Give Them A Wholesome Variety Of Mental Food, And Endeavour To Cultivate Their Tastes, Rather Than To Fill Their Minds With Dry Facts.

How Little Our Libraries Cost Us As Compared With Our Liquor Cellars.