124 Outlook to Nature 



And then I lead 

 Thro' wood and mead 

 By bench and rod 

 Out unto God 



With love and cheer. 

 I teach. 



THE WAYS AND MEANS 



It may be agreed that this industrial kind of 

 schooling is desirable, but it will be asked how 

 it is to be brought about, where are the 

 schools in which it can be taught, and where 

 are the teachers who can teach it? 



These questions are asked me again and 

 again, as if they raised difficulties that are insur- 

 mountable. But I have never felt that these 

 difficulties are of primary importance. The 

 essential point is to convince the public of the 

 necessity of the new kind of education: 

 the means will work themselves out just as they 

 have in all other enterprises. The demand 

 for teachers will develop slowly, and with the 

 demand teachers will begin to prepare them- 

 selves; and as soon as the demand becomes 

 well established, special facilities for training 



