Look at the schools in existence now, bad as some of them are, and compare them with those which existed a third of a century ago, and it will be found that they have progressed, and it may safely be anticipated that they will still further progress, for there is much need of it.

The system pourtrayed in this book is intended to act on all the faculties of a child, especially the highest, and to strengthen them at the time the mere animal part of his nature is weak.

The existing schools were not found fit to take our children when they left us.

The dull, monotonous, sleepy, heavy system pursued, was quite unadapted to advance such pupils.

At this point of the history much damage was done to our plans.