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2 74 The Century of the Child
inclined to natural science will draw, make
collections, and use the microscope. One
group can by studying geography bring
themselves into contact with the life of nature
and the life of man. So they will be led next
year to study history in winter and to take
part in science study during the spring and
autumn. All these different combinations are
to be thought out by parents, teachers, and
scholars; they can only be indicated here.
The final principle is that only two subjects
can be studied at the same time. After the
scholar has acquired from these all the educa-
tion he can absorb at this stage, these subjects
will be dismissed and taken up again by those
who wish to specialise in one direction or the
other. Instead of the separation of subjects
that divides interest and strength in our pre-
sent schools, in the new ones the chief aim will
be concentration. In history, the space de-
voted to work will be limited to the amount
demanded by present-day culture. History
will then be the only subject suitable for
general intellectual training,—the history of
man’s development. It will bring out the
great principles of ethnography and sociology,
of political economy, the lives of great men,
the history of the church, art, and literature.
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