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Education 163
and in its distinctions; the more time one has
for observing the wonderful and deep secrets
of existence, behind the visible, tangible, world
of sense, the more will each new generation of
children show a more refined and a more con-
sistent mental life. It is impossible to attain
this result under the torture of the crude
methods in our present home and school train-
ing. We need new homes, new schools, new
marriages, new social relations, for those new
souls who are to feel, love, and suffer, in ways
infinitely numerous that we now can not
even name. Thus they will come to un-
derstand life; they will have aspirations and
hopes; they will believe; they will pray. The
conceptions of religion, love, and art, all these
must be revolutionised so radically, that one
now can only surmise what new forms will be
created in future generations. This trans-
formation can be helped by the training of the
present, by casting aside the withered foliage
which now covers the budding possibilities of
life.
The house must once more become a home
for the souls of children, not for their bodies
alone. For such homes to be formed, that in
their turn will mould children, the children
must be given back to the home. Instead of the
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