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ear; and to children, experiments and ocular demonstra-
tions are mnch more easily comprehended than any state-
ments of principles or processes of logical reasoning.
To carry out a system founded upon these principles
it would be necessary to nearly entirely change the course
of instruction at present adopted for our primary classes,
and to furnish our rooms with such tangible objects as
will convey important lessons, and furnish the proper
foundation for a philosophical course of education. Na-
ture has furnished these objects of sense in lavish profu-
sion, and there is no district in the country too poor to
have a bountiful supply of them. But here the labor of
the teacher is indispensable, for nature never betrays her
secrets unless they are sought for, and the minds of chil-
dren need directing until they are sufficiently developed
to investigate and experiment without aid.
