CHAPTER III 



CHILDREN'S ANIMALS AND PETS 



The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie 

 down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling 

 together ; and a little child shall lead them. 



They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : for the 

 earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover 

 the sea. Isaiah, xi. 



He comes to the teacher with his eyes filled with a thousand pictures, 

 but these are ignored, and he is robbed of them one by one, until the 

 beauty of this world fades from his sight, and it is changed to a vale of 

 tears. Jackman. 



Thanking the true Pan 

 Who by low creatures leads to heights of love. 



Mrs. Browning, Flush or Faunus. 



Pets are the child's natural introduction to animal life. 

 By their means the knowledge gained of the animal as a 

 whole, its habits, life, individual character, intelligence, 

 disposition, affection for its master, its health and well- 

 being, is infinitely more living and real than that imparted 

 by any other method of instruction. By its associations 

 with the child's spontaneous activities in caring for his 

 pet this knowledge becomes a part of his life and will 

 thus enter into the formation of his character to exert 

 its civilizing influence as long as he lives. Of how little 

 value, compared with this, is learning of names, schemes 

 of classification, or anatomical structures. 



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