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first aim should be to widen the environment of the child; to give 

 him the attitude, the idea, the spirit of nature-study: to teach him 

 appreciation of nature as an unfailing resource for pleasure through- 

 out life; to train him for the right enjoyment of leisure. The second 

 value is the scientific value developing reason and recognition of 

 causality in nature, leading to increased power of observation, vis- 

 ualization and accurate expression, and to an appreciation of know- 

 ledge for its own sake. The industrial and economic value speaks 

 for itself, while the ethical influence making for happiness cannot be 

 over-estimated. 



Nature-study has no need to demand more than rightfully belongs 

 to the subject. 



