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demands of that renewed intellectual life that is advancing upon us 

 with all the force generated by the greatly increased mental vigor of 

 the coming generation, the sound of whose footsteps is already heard 

 along the corridors of our educational institutions. We have this 

 system as a part of our heritage, and a noble one it is, for in its scope 

 it reaches down to the undeveloped intellect of the infant in the 

 kindergarten, leading him by gentle steps along the pathway of 

 knowledge for which his soul thirsts, opening up as he advances in 

 years the secrets that lie hidden at the very threshold of learning, 

 and as he grows stronger feeding him from the vast stores of the 

 past until in the full strength of manhood he goes forth to grapple 

 with the great problems of life. 



