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The Infant System

CHAPTER IX
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Q.Where do the prettiest birds live?
A.In very warm places, far away from this.

Q.Do the same feathers always remain on a bird?
A.No, they drop off, and new ones come.

Q.
What is this called?
A.Moulting.
Such lessons as this will never be forgotten by the little ones.

They will learn to adore the great God at the sight of any thing he has made.

It is hoped they learn to love to read Nature's book when they grow older, as every correct notion obtained by a child, through a natural object, which it is frequently accustomed to meet with, can never be entirely effaced; and what is more, it prepares the way, at some future time, for a larger amount of knowledge as to God's revealed will.
A spider, a living specimen of which may be easily procured, may be made a very instructive gallery lesson; it may prevent the fears and foolish prejudices against ugly yet harmless insects, which often remain through life.


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