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the teacher has made sure that the pupils have observed 

 carefully the peculiarities in the rabbit's way' of eating 

 and in his teeth, there will be little difficulty in having 

 them see for themselves how the rabbit and squirrel are 

 related, as " gnawers " or rodents. 



Fig. 25. Grab. 



Success in classification and generalization will also 

 depend on the character of the material or phenomenon 

 selected for the first study, whether it is typical or not. 

 The rabbit is much better, as a preparation for the study 

 of rodents, than is the mouse. This is discussed in 

 Chapter XIV on the selection of material. 



Remembering that in classification or generalization 

 we wish the child to see and to fix in his mind resem- 



