Men are apt to err. A plant of nature tells its own story 

 uninfluenced, unvarnished. Therefore, leave out those pro- 

 ductions of cultivation which, like some fellow creatures, 

 smack of overculture and insincerity. 



Our first thoughts are true from within, our second in- 

 fluenced from without. So with our periods of life the 

 genuineness of childhood is natural, the complexity of later 

 years is an artificial product. 



The problem of a kindergarten is teaching through asso- 

 ciation; that of after years association through teaching. 



What a strange age is this! We display our asylums and 

 jails and hide away those few kindergartens which we suffer 

 to vegetate. 



To raise a child is to live life over. 



The milk of love drawn through the nipple of common 

 sense raises good kings, professors, and men-with-the-hoe. 



Insight in a child's nature is to be the birthright of the 

 kindergartner. 



A masculine kindergartner a goat for gardener. 



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