Early childhood / by Margaret Mcmillan.

  • McMillan, Margaret, 1860-1931.
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Early childhood / by Margaret Mcmillan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    but all is not well with them. They pass their stan- dards creditably as do the children in the back rooms. But how different is their education 1 Soon they will leave school. They will forget a great deal that they have learned out of books, but they will not be able to forget their early impressions. These will remain. Even when health and strength fail they will not fade away. They will remain—when extreme age comes *they will be ALL that remains of the past! Let it be stated once for all, that during the first years the child is getting materials together. Every day he amasses a certain amount of treasure, of dross, or of mingled ore, and this, with, of course, his hered- itary tendencies, is the capital with which he starts his conscious life. Is a man brave, strong, refined, sympathetic ? These fine qualities cannot be evolved from nothing. The man has something good to draw on in the sub-consciousness. Is he an evil per- son? In that case—in any case—there has been accumulation. Nothing comes out of Nothing. As a great Teacher puts it, “ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things.” The quality of the treasure, and even its amount, is de- termined largely by the mother and the Infant Teacher.