IOO THE NEW METHOD 



up a long, smooth, inclined plane. Thus it is with 

 the sciences. The method in our schools is to try {.0 

 climb the steepest side of the hill of science, and we 

 slide back nearly as fast as we ascend, mistaking our 

 efforts to climb, for real progress. If we would un- 

 derstand such a complex study as human physiology 

 and the laws of health, we must pass over the in- 

 clined plane of all plant and animal life ; and in trav- 

 elling this inclined plane, the learner will find a cult- 

 ure, broad and symmetrical, and full of meaning and 

 interest at every step. Science, language, mathemat- 

 ics, and art are all harmoniously combined in the 

 proper study of the simplest plant. And the reason 

 this method delights the child is because it is the 

 method of nature. He reads at every step the lan- 

 guage of the Infinite, and his thoughts are naturally 

 led from " Nature up to Nature's God." 



Respectfully submitted, 



WM. L. WHITTEMORE, ) Board 

 CHAS. B. TUTTLE, of 



SUMNER B. EMERSON, ) Education 



