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years and the child's natural method of acquiring 

 knowledge, gives more lasting effect than where the 

 same instruction is merely dictated, or where it is read 

 from a text-book. 



Contrast the dull, abstract lesson on hygiene in the 

 class-room with hygiene as taught in " Our Garden," 



" Our gardens 



Photo by Levick 



where the fresh air, sunlight, proper, temperature, 

 cleanliness, warfare against insects, bacteria, and fungi 

 are matters vital to the life and health of our plants. 

 The same applies to lessons on true personal economy 

 as they affect the individual in their daily life; lessons 

 on work and rest, on grasping opportunity; on the 



