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ties. The difficulty has been to overcome the 

 prejudices of the pedagogues. 



The older subjects. 



There is no reason why this new applicable 

 education should in any way antagonize or even 

 restrict the studies in language, history, litera- 

 ture, and philosophy, for these subjects are as 

 important as others; in fact, they add some- 

 thing to the depth, fullness, and repose of life 

 that is much needed in these intense days ; 

 and, moreover, these subjects are themselves 

 the final expressions of the very common-day 

 activities that we wish now to introduce, and 

 therefore they will become a natural part of a 

 continuous educational process. But they will 

 not dictate the means and methods at the be- 

 ginning of the educational process : they are 

 the flower, not the seed. 



Old phrases. 



Nor is it to be feared that this active educa- 

 tion will lead to "materialism." This fear is 

 only a bogey-man. Materials are the conditions 



