The herald., 1896-01-05
FROM EMINENT THINKERS
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BY MADAME CLAvERIE.

Lycurgus, the great law-giver, once took
two pups from the same litter and ordered
them to be trained in a very different man.
ner. The result was one became a street
scavenger and the other skilled in hunting.
AS lesson to the people, he ordered these
dogs to be produced in public hall in
which was placed hare and a pot of
boiled meat. Whereupon, as bred. the one
flew at the hare and the other greedily ran
at the vessel. AT this, Lycurgus says, you
see these dogs do as they are trained, for
though they are of the same litter, the diff
ference in their breeding hath made the
one a good hound and the other cur,
good for nothing but to lick pots and
dishes. Children are as susceptible as
puppies.
Give me the child, said Lord Bacon, and
the state shall have the men. 1t is early
training that makes the master, says the
great German poet. Implant lessons of
virtue and well-doing in the earliest child
hood, says Plato, if you would insure ma
tional peace and prosperity. Communius,
the great John the Baptist of early educa-
ton, besought the world to look after the
chldren.''
Again, it is good to bring these little
ones together as early in life as possible,
as such environment and association tend
TO accomplish the desired end | think it
was Plato who said: Bring the children
together from 3 to years of age, that good
habits and manners might be planted in
early infancy, and that virtue might gather
strength from early training and habit"
Juvenal says: 1.-The man-the charac-
ter-is made at seven. What he is then, will
he be always. in spite of thousand teach
ers you may give him after the formative
period has passed"
Aristotle insisted that state education
should begin in earliest childhood, urging
that the very playthngs of child have a
bearing upon the life and work of the man.
The great philosopher, Kant, contended
that the first seven years of chld's life
were the decisive years of his history.
"The main obstacle to the right conduct
of education lies rather in the parent than
IN the child. Parents often forget that the
depravity of their children is a reflection
of their own selishness.
"Perhaps the most important rule for
parents is. that they govern their own
thoughts, feelings and actions. The self
control which rules their lives, reacts most
favoraoly upon the character of their chill
dren."
do not make many promises to your
children, but keep those you do make"
early teach your children that pleas
ures are only to be obtained by labor, by
carefulness and by doing right If it will
not put up its playthings it should not have
them"
"Do not expect perfection. child is an
undeveloped creature, beautiful as bud
ding rose; but it cannot do everything we'll
any more than its parents CAM
Cultivate courage and self-reliance in
your children. so that when older they will
not dread responsibility"
"Mulutudes of children are badly born,
were unwelcome, and it is impossible by
any system of training to make them what
they should be. Remember this, parents,
and do your best.''
"The needs of our schools are generally
known and many times spoken of, but
never until now has a remedy been found.