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78 Ellen Key
inquisitive mind and eagerness to acquire
knowledge, she soon became acquainted with
the different currents of thoughts and ideas
of her day, and in the solitude of country life
the young girl steadily pursued, quite by
herself, an intellectual education which made
her mentally mature and spiritually whole and
harmonious, while at the same time she never
thought of cultiire as something finished either
for herself or for others. . . . This quietly
self-acquired development made her unfavour-
ably disposed toward the cramming system of
modem school education, where the mental
food is accepted from the teacher instead of the
pupil being obliged to overcome his own diffi-
culties and to crack the nuts of knowledge with
his own teeth. Her sym_pathy with natural-
ness, and her antipathy for all ceremoniousness
were acquired by her life in the country. In-
haling woodland air and philosophy in the
same breath, growing intimate with horses
and cows, and at the same time becoming
familiar with Shakespeare, Spencer, and Mill,
she developed deep insight into the life of
man and nature and civilisation at large."
In the summer of 1 890, Ellen Key made a trip
to Paris and Rouen, again to visit her child-
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