AN INSPIRING MESSAGE Sj 



II. THE CLOTHING OF ANIMALS 



A few more comments as to Nature Study in the 

 school and then we must pass on to consider some 

 of the salient features of animal life. In our last 

 article, emphasis was laid as to the importance 

 and need of studying Nature^s wonderful children 

 in their own environment, but, alas, how often it is 

 impossible for the scholars and teachers attending 

 schools in our great cities to carry out this pro- 

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Pestalozzi^s Message. — ^Do you not call to mind 

 Pestalozzi's inspiring message? Listen. "Lead 

 your child out into Nature; teach him on the hill 

 top and in the valleys. There he will listen better, 

 and the sense of freedom will give him more 

 strength to overcome difficulties. But in these 

 hours of freedom let him be taught by Nature 

 rather than by you. Should a bird sing or an 

 insect hum on a leaf^ at once stop your talking: 

 bird and insect are teaching him; you may be 

 silent." 



Many years have come and gone since Pestalozzi 

 uttered these inspiring words, and yet they are as 

 true and necessary now as ever they were. How 

 few of us, however, have the coveted opportunity 

 of following out these enticing suggestions, for 



