Sentence:  We see children perpetually running from place to place to hunt out something new; they catch with great eagerness, and with very little <WSD>choice</WSD>, at whatever comes before them; their attention is engaged by every thing, because every thing has, in that stage of life, the charm of novelty to recommend it. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.