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The School of the Future 259
ledge of nature as will give one a fundamental
conception of the simplest requirements of
hygiene; and finally, the English language, in
order to put one in touch with the increasing
intercourse in the great world. Through these
requirements the child will be endowed with
what he needs, in order to find himself at home
in the world of books and of life. Let there
be added to these the abilitj^ to darn a stock-
ing, sew on a button, and thread a needle.
Only the indispensable should be the obli-
gatory foundation of further culture, which
is only the trimming on a simple garment.
The trimming receives its entire value because
the individual has prepared it himself; it must
not be made by a machine according to a
model prepared in a factory.
What is mentioned here supplies the same
basis for all, but children should be able to
throw themselves into the pastoral life of the
Old Testament, into the life of the Greek and
Scandinavian gods and heroes, into the life
of popular legends and national history; but
this should be done only through the books
which they get for their amusement. At the
present time all of these things are made pure
subjects of study!
Assume, then, that this foundation is laid.
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