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The School of the Future 243
wink at, pardon, and disguise the sins com-
mitted by his own circle of companions, his
own club, and his own country.
This is the way the world produces its
" Dreyfus Affairs," its Transvaal Wars. If
the aim is to create men and not masses, we
should follow the educational programme of the
great statesman Stein
—" to develop all those
impulses on which the value and strength of
mankind depend." This is only possible when
the child is taught, at the earliest age, the free-
dom and danger of his own choice, the right
and responsibility of his own will, the condi-
tions and duties of being put to the test him-
self. All of these elements of character are
unconsciously opposed by the kindergarten;
the home alone can develop them. The high-
est result of education is to bring the individual
into contact with his own conscience. This
does not mean that the individual cannot ex-
perience by degrees the happiness and the
necessity of being a factor in the service of the
whole, first in his home, then among his com-
panions and in his country, and finally in the
world. The difference is this : in the first case
the man is a living cell, co-operating and build-
ing up living forms ; in the other he is a piece
of cut stone used in artificial construction.
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