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the foundation which the Creator himself has laid in making the child what he is. To do this most effectively our lesson courses should take account of the seasons, providing lessons appropriate to spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as they come and go.
The Nurture of the Moral Life. In his first years the child knows nothing of moral distinctions. Some time during the period of early childhood a perception of the difference between right and wrong dawns in his mind. His first ideas of what consti-
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tutes the right are translated from the conduct of his parents. He needs lesson stories which will aid him in making moral distinctions and which will furnish him with ideal* of right conduct. Stories are required in which persons have a prominent place, from whose actions he may learn the true, the beautiful, and the good in conduct. The story of the Good Samaritan, for example, may be told it such a way as not to offend the child's tender sensibilities while it teaches a lesson of kindness and goodness that will
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