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difference between the new views regarding education 

 and the old. We all know how, in days gone by, 

 education was regarded as the inculcation of knowledge. 

 The old system of education was founded on the 

 dictum, ** Knowledge is Power/^ The process was not 

 unlike that of packing a trunk. The best teacher was 

 the one who could pack most facts, or what were 

 supposed to be the facts at that particular time, into the 

 mind of his pupil ; and the logical end of this system 

 of education was well represented in a youth whose 

 proud parents informed a relative of mine, that he had 

 passed his sixth standard, and knew all that there was to 

 be known. His education was indeed, complete. The 

 end of education had been attained. 



But how different is the modern view of education ! 

 Even those of us who are not educational experts, fully 

 appreciate the enormous change which has taken place. 

 Thus, the idea now seems to be, to bring a child to nature, 

 or to art, or to literature, or to whatever we may wish 

 him to learn, in such a way that he may learn by his own 

 personal observation and experience. For example, 

 my own children often brought back from school, seeds 

 and caterpillars, and tadpoles, and the like, and these 

 they watched with the greatest interest. And thus, instead 

 of being taught facts about nature, they were taught to 

 know Nature herself ; and to know Nature is to love 

 Nature and to long to know more. 



Nature^ the dear old Nurse^ 

 Took the child upon her knee 



Sayings " Here is a story book 



Thy Father hath written for thee." 



** Come^ wander with me/* she said. 



" Into regions yet untrod. 

 And read what is still unread 



In the manuscripts of God/' 



