92 HOW NATURE STUDY SHOULD BE TAUGHT 



machine made, with others like pins on a paper), 

 that will bring out his love for living things, in- 

 crease his ability to admire, to see and to enjoy, 

 and to tell you in his own way, about the objects 

 that interest him, not such things as you provide 

 uniformly according to some schedule. For this 

 I plead and for this I do most emphatically care. 

 You may call it nature study, elementary science, 

 nature love, observation lessons, as you please. 

 But I plead with you not to monopolize all the 

 names into your dilute science, and leave out 

 what I call nature study. No, I do not call it 

 quite that. If I were asked to suggest a more 

 expressive title for what I commonly express by 

 the term nature study, and for what I most desire, 

 I should call it nature sympathy and appreciation. 



