IN HIGHER PEOPLES 



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school-ma'ams in the world, even long before 

 there were any human beings on the earth. The 

 wild goats went to school on the mountains and 

 the wild cats in the woods for ' thousands and 

 thousands of years before the alphabet and the 

 spelling book were ever thought of. 



But human plays are nearly all battles. They 

 are preparation for a life of fighting and war. The 

 modern world is largely co-operative. The ideals 



"NATURE'S SCHOOLING" , 



of higher men are the ideals of peace. But our 

 plays still retain their ancient forms. We still 

 learn our lessons of life in the school of the sav- 

 age. We practice for a life left behind, rather 

 than for the actual life we are to lead. A game of 

 football or baseball or cricket is a mimic battle 

 between two tribes. 



The young goat leaps a great deal in its play. 

 It is developing strength and accuracy to leap 

 from rock to rock. The young wild goat will have 

 a great deal of running and leaping to do in later 



