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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

fundamental law of cause and effect, or action and reaction, the time has arrived for the first explanations concerning human existence. A beginning is best made by pointing out the law of growth as exhibited in plant life. Explain that as all plants spring from the seed which the child has put into its warm nest in the soil, so all animals have grown from a single cell, so all nature has evolved from small to great. From step to step one may lead on, by the use of nature studies,' illustrations drawn from the child's life, by the aid of natural history books, until the time comes to explain that the human organism develops in the same way. If this explanation is rightly given it will be a memorable experience in the child's life.

In regard to the age at which this explanation should be made, it is difficult to state a rule because some children mature so much younger than others, Generally speaking, it is postponed far too long. Begin very early, long before the child can hear anything about its sex nature from any one but its mother. The beginning, of course, is in the right attitude on the part of the mother. If her attitude calls out and cherishes the child's confidence, it will become a mighty power such that no outside influence can ever master it. Under these conditions the first thought of the boy or girl will always be, "What would mother say I" It is impossible to overestimate the power of this maternal influence

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