. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. e isdriven bya n u n a n -s w e r ableari4tunentt o ni a k ethe instruc-tion Avhich it has pre-pared for all children,of Avhatsoever class orcondition, an obligationon their part. Whatshould be said of sucha provision in the cur-riculum of early life aswou
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. e isdriven bya n u n a n -s w e r ableari4tunentt o ni a k ethe instruc-tion Avhich it has pre-pared for all children,of Avhatsoever class orcondition, an obligationon their part. Whatshould be said of sucha provision in the cur-riculum of early life aswould, by compulsoryprocess at the publicexpense, prepare foodfor the stomachs andclothing- for the bodiesof children — of chil-dren for whom no otheradecjuate provision hadbeen made in these re-spects—and then at thesame time should notbe armed with a pre-rogative to the extentof seeing that the foodbe taken and the cloth-ing worn ? vSince primary educa-tion is so great a fact inthe life and conditionof everv civilized peo-ple — aye, since to solarge a degree it hasalways been so — wemay pause a momentto note one or two others of its undis-covered bourns. At what age should itbe begun? AVhat is the Swiss usage? The rule varies from five to seven yearsin the different cantons, and the closingyear is fixed all the way from twelve. PEASANT GIRL OF PAYS DE VAUD—TYPE. to sixteen years of age. These limits,perhaps, may be made to cover the bestjudgment of modern times respecting THE S1J ISS.—ED UCA TION. 105 the ages at which the formal educationof children may be undertaken and atTheory of prima- which the primary disci-SmarntAa^.?e- V^^^^ ^ay be Said to Somewherc about theselimits, undoubtedly, the truth is this rises the secondary educa-tion. In Switzerland all the cantons versifies, namely, those of Basel, Bern,Zurich, and Geneva. It has been noticedas a fact of peculiar interest in educa-tional differentiations that natural growthwill b
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