The fountain : with jets of new meanings . econd nature. The Rights of Childhood must be recognized andrespected by parents, guardians, and teachers; quiteas much, in justice, as the Duties of Childhood, which,also, must be early inculcated and steadily enforced. A few propositions may induce thoughtful andearnest investigation, and may result in wise action,not less, concerning, 1. The borning; 2. The treat-ment ; and, 3. The training of children. All parents,the rich and the poor alike, should, because they can,recognize and fulfil the following, as their ChildrensBill of Rights: First A hea
The fountain : with jets of new meanings . econd nature. The Rights of Childhood must be recognized andrespected by parents, guardians, and teachers; quiteas much, in justice, as the Duties of Childhood, which,also, must be early inculcated and steadily enforced. A few propositions may induce thoughtful andearnest investigation, and may result in wise action,not less, concerning, 1. The borning; 2. The treat-ment ; and, 3. The training of children. All parents,the rich and the poor alike, should, because they can,recognize and fulfil the following, as their ChildrensBill of Rights: First A healthy physical and mental organiza-tion from birth ; thus, by the law of hereditary trans-mission, anticipating the fallacious regenerationinculcated by religious schemes. Second. A rational physical and mental educa-tion, both at school and in the home; thus, by the lawof progressive development, giving the child a fortune WISDOM OF GETTING KNOWLEDGE. 91 infinitely richer and more substantial than untoldmillions of gold and silver. ?S38?S. A FATHER ENCOURAGING HIS SON TO ATTEND SCHOOL. One bottom-truth must be learned by parents andacted upon, to wit: Perfect and most expensiveschools, and wisest and most honored teachers, cannotundo the evils imparted to children in homes wherethe corrective influences of justice and kindness aredisregarded, and where the fundamental laws of phys-ical health and mental growth are violated day byday. The School constitution is essentially different fromthe constitution of the Home. Therefore, the relationof teacher to pupil can never be identical with therelation subsisting between parent and child. Andyet it is necessary for the young that the school gov-ernment and the home government should correspond 92 JETS OF NEW MEANINGS. in every essential. No tyranny is more absolute thanparental government without parental love; whichfact is fully manifested in every seminary or collegewhere the corps of teachers and professors assume therelations and
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