He grasped it instantly between his teeth, and ran away with all speed, until he disappeared around a corner so that I could see him no more." In such a description there is a large number of words which such a child would not understand if they stood alone, but the whole description would be perfectly intelligible.

The reason is, the _subject_ is simple; the facts are such as a very little child would be interested in; and the connection of each new word, in almost every instance, explains its meaning.

That is the way by which children learn all language.

They learn the meaning of words, not by definitions, but by their connection in the sentences in which they hear them; and, by long practice, they acquire an astonishing facility of doing this.

It is true they sometimes mistake, but not often, and the teacher of children of almost any age need not be afraid that he shall not be understood.
There is no danger from his using the _language_ of men, if his subject, and the manner in which he treats it, and the form and structure of his sentences, are what they ought to be.