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daughter in later years, once consisted of but a 

 scattered stone here and there." ("The Unfold- 

 ing Life," 66, 67.) This activity should be culti- 

 vated by an active sympathy. It is one of the 

 rich powers of the being. The constructive imag- 

 inative power will be needed in any vocation of 

 life. To see things that are not yet is the essen- 

 tial element of the statesman, the merchant, the 

 doctor, the preacher, the reformer, as well as the 

 poet and the painter. That person is a more 

 helpful parent or teacher who can become a child 

 again and enter again into the world of make- 

 believe with the child. The literature of stories 

 and heroes that assist this faculty is not only com- 

 mendable, but essential to normal development 

 a.t this time. Blessed the child who has a grand- 

 mother or grandfather who has passed out of the 

 hard facts ''that are seen" and has come again 

 to the land of vision and will tell him the won- 

 derful excursions made by fancy in that delight- 

 ful world where all things are as we please to 

 have them. 



SECTION IV. LATER CHILDHOOD. 



In a very real sense each period prepares for 

 the succeeding one. The problems connected with 

 any period are partly solved by the good or bad 

 foundation laid in the preceding one. The diffi- 

 culties of Later Childhood, which extends from 

 the seventh to the twelfth year, in any case 



