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268 The Century of the Child
things as a matter of course, is laid the founda-
tion of real purity, and only through real pur-
ity can life, like art and literature, become
great and sound.
In the works of great minds, one meets an
infinite world in which the erotic element is
only one factor. This gives them great re-
pose. Moreover imagination must have
nourishment outside of itself; otherwise it will
live upon its own product. Its nourishment
should be what is most readable. The child’s
mind should be first fed on legends and then
on great literature. This should be all the
more insisted on because great literature of-
ten remains unread, when modern literature
in its varied types begins later on to be
absorbing.
To be able to use one’s eyes in the worlds of
nature, man, and art, to be able to read good
things—these are the two great ends to which
home and school education should direct their
course. If the child has these capacities, he
can learn almost everything else himself. I may
remark in passing, that a sound development
of the imagination has not only an esthetic
but an ethical significance. It is really the
foundation for active sympathy all round.
Numerous cruelties are committed now by
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