CHAPTER XXIII WHENCE AND WHITHER A Question for Parents.—I. Whence?           Progress of the Parents’ National Educational Union.—‘The Union goes on,’ an observer writes, ‘without puff or fuss, by its own inherent force’; and it is making singularly rapid progress. At the present moment thousands of children of thinking, educated parents, are being brought up, more or less consciously and definitely, upon the lines of … Continue reading Parents and Children Volume 2 Chapter 23

CHAPTER XXIIA CATECHISM OF EDUCATIONAL THEORY       Character an Achievement.—As the philosophy which underlies any educational or social scheme is really the vital part of that scheme, it may be well to set forth, however meagerly, some fragments of the thought on which we found our teaching.     We believe—      That disposition, intellect, genius, come pretty much by nature.     That character is an … Continue reading Parents and Children Volume 2 Chapter 22