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in class should be marked throughout life by difference in pronunciation. Men 

 can never be equal, but the inequality should depend on character and intellectual 

 capacity, not on manner. 



(c) Quantities. Arithmetic. — Here the child begins to learn a new set of 

 symbols, to use them as counters and to correlate them with conceptions of 

 quantity. 



(d) Things and their qualities. — This would represent the beginning of educa- 

 tion in natural science and would correspond to what is often called Nature Study. 

 It is at this initial stage that a child could be helped to satisfy his natural curiosity 

 about the things around him, and to learn that a greater satisfaction and a wider 

 knowledge can be acquired later when he comes to study the various sciences 

 strictly so-called. The great object of the training at this epoch is to stimulate 

 curiosity, not to damp it. This and all later education in science will fail unless it 

 is joined with training in expression, so that a child may learn the accurate use of 

 terms, and know words, not as mere jangle, but as denoting definite things, 

 happenings, or qualities. Every lesson in science should at the same time be a 

 lesson in English, and in clearness of thought and language. 



2nd Stage. 



(a) Behaviour. Games, general discipline of the school or family. — Certain 

 aspects in the instruction of history and literature. 



(6) Language. English grammar and composition and literature. — Some 

 modern language. 



(c) Quantities. Mathematics. 



(d) Relations of things. Science, description in speech and writing. — At this 

 period the child should learn the elements of the properties of matter and energy, 

 i.e. chemistry and physics. Some instruction in the phenomena of life (physiology) 

 should be added and correlated with the chemical and physical training. 



(<?) Human relations. History, geography, literature. — The child should 

 learn something of the relation of the individual to the community in which 

 he is governed ; a subject which, though almost entirely neglected at the present 

 day, is essential if we are to turn out good citizens ready to take their part in a 

 self-governing community. 



yd Stage. 



(a) Behaviour. Cadet Corps, or O.T.C., games, religious instruction. — A great 

 part is played by the subtle influences acquired from the various subjects which 

 are being studied in the school or by way of recreation, or are under discussion by 

 his fellows. 



(d) Language. English. — One or more modern languages. Latin. 



(c) Science. — At this advanced stage an endeavour should be made to give the 

 student some idea of the history of science and of the great laws or generalisations, 

 such as the laws of motion with their astronomical illustrations, the atomic theory, 

 conservation of energy and of matter, evolution, heredity, the interdependence of 

 animals and of plants, etc. These philosophic questions will offer ample oppor- 

 tunity for training the scholar in writing and in facility of expression. 



(d) Human relations, including English and foreign literatures, ancient and 

 modern history. \ 



Education and Personal Freedom 



I would specially emphasise that in our education we need a sense of 

 direction, i.e. we must consciously strive to teach the child such things as will 



