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who will continue the conquest are school children now. Our daily- 

 bread depends as never before on a comprehension of physical and 

 biological phenomena. The average man, not the expert alone, 

 must be scientific. This will be even more true for our children. 



The world's intellectual life has always been tremendously 

 stimulated by Nature. Our declaration of mental independence 

 is her gift. Our aesthetic sensibilities are reactions to her stimuli. 

 Our moral sentiments are conditioned by her revelations to us. 

 Can we but bring the child into sympathetic touch with her, open 

 his eyes to her beauties, lead him to see the significance of his 

 daily environment, no less wonderful than commonplace, teach 

 him to think in terms of actualities and be obedient to the dictum 

 of her facts, guide him to a realization of her might, mystery and 

 brooding care, can we do but a tithe of all this we shall educate 

 that child. Nature-Study strives for this. It asks that the child 

 be left in part at least in the care of Nature who has been the 

 beneficent instructor of the race. 



