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CHAPTER III
EDUCATION
Goethe showed long ago in his Werther a
clear understanding of the significance of in-
dividualistic and psychological training, an
appreciation which will mark the century of
the child. In this work he shows how the fu-
ture power of will lies hidden in the character-
istics of the child, and how along with every
fault of the child an uncorrupted germ capable
of producing good is enclosed. *’
Always,"
he says, " I repeat the golden words of the
teacher of mankind, ’
if ye do not become as
one of these,’ and now, good friend, those who
are our equals, whom we should look upon as
our models, we treat as subjects; they should
have no will of their own; do we have none?
Where is our prerogative? Does it consist in
the fact that we are older and more experi-
enced? Good God of Heaven! Thou seest
old and young children, nothing else. And in
whom Thou hast more joy, Thy Son announced
ages ago. But people believe in Him and do
not hear Him—that, too, is an old trouble,
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