Child Like a Plant.
The child in nature and processes of growth is essentially the same as the plant, only the child has a thousand strings instead of but a few, as has the plant.
Where one can produce one change for the betterment of the plant one can produce a thousand changes for the betterment of the child.
Surround the child with the proper environment to bring out certain qualities and the result is inevitable.
Working in the same way as one does with the plant, the development of the individual is practically unlimited.
Take the common daisy and train it and cultivate it by proper selection and environment until it has been increased in size, beauty and productiveness at least four hundred fold.
Do our educational methods do as much for our children? If not, where is the weakness?