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The Wrong Things Are Predominantly Stressed In The Schools - Things Remote From The Student's Experience And Need.

I Never Taught Language For The Purpose Of Teaching It; But Invariably Used Language As A Medium For The Communication Of Thought; Thus The Learning Of Language Was Coincident With The Acquisition Of Knowledge.

You Cannot Touch The Clouds, You Know; But You Feel The Rain And Know How Glad The Flowers And The Thirsty Earth Are To Have It After A Hot Day. You Cannot Touch Love Either; But You Feel The Sweetness That It Pours Into Everything. Without Love You Would Not Be Happy Or Want To Play.

Certain Periods In History Suddenly Lift Humanity To An Observation Point Where A Clear Light Falls Upon A World Previously Dark.

If The Child Is Left To Himself, He Will Think More And Better, If Less Showily. Let Him Go And Come Freely, Let Him Touch Real Things And Combine His Impressions For Himself.