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4. The parents should have the direct supervision of the child’s 
care, for among the very wealthy and the very poor neglect of 
children is too often the rule, and there is nothing in the world 
that can take the place of parental, especially motherly, love and 
care. 
5. Circumstances do not permit one to develop as he will, or 
should; and as poverty produces thoughtfulness, thrift, and sym- 
pathy, and a better understanding of our neighbors’ needs and 
characters, he who is unfortunate enough to be born wealthy 
should be brought into closer contact with the “ other half” of 
the world. 
6. As accomplishing something in the world is the only 
measure of .adaptability, the means for such accomplishment 
should be sought, but not at the sacrifice of conscience,—whether 
acquired or ready made by ancestors. 
7. He should be a man of fair size, because every one is inclined 
to discredit the- possibility of a small man doing big things, 
Measure up your own list of heroes. Large-sized men are for 
this reason apt to be overestimated, just as titled individuals are 
who accomplish anything. Was it Huxley who said that Argyle 
was very smart—for a duke? 
8. The proper regard for his individual interests will entail a 
genuine altruism which will make him not only a patriot (not of 
the demagogue kind) but a lover of liberty for the world. Kos- 
ciusco, Kossuth, Washington, Fayette, Garibaldi actively inter- 
ested themselves in universal freedom when their own countries 
could spare their attention. 
9. He could with great advantage be an American, for in 
America truth is left free to combat error; and no tyranny can 
be enduring under such auspices. 
10. His education should be with regard to Herbert Spencer’s 
idea that, first and foremost, that knowledge should be acquired 
which is of most practical worth to the individual, and that the 
ornamental should have last consideration. Overdoses of classical 
verbiage and minute details of the intrigues of courtiers would 
_ thus give place to physics and chemistry, which are of more 
account in this work-a-day world. 

