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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

for a child either in the physical or spiritual realm is nurture? Manifestly; the child's nature itself, his life forces and their laws of action must be the determining factor. 12 LIFE IN THE MAKING Observe-life, nature, decides what it needs. Life is the great dictator." In this course, therefore, we are first of all to study the life and nature of the pupils whom we may be called upon to teach. By this we mean that we are to seek to get acquainted with them and understand them. Does this seem to you to be un­necessary? Is your first impulse to say, "Why, I already know many children"? Do you really know them? You know their names, and where they live, and some of the things they do, and a few of the things that they think and say, but you might know much more and yet have a very slight understanding of their real natures-their interests, their hungers of mind and heart, and their moral and religious needs. It is to this deeper understanding of chil­dren that this study is designed to contribute. Such a brief course as this can be

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