Parent and child : a treatise on the moral and religious education of children / by Sir Oliver Lodge.
- Oliver Lodge
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Parent and child : a treatise on the moral and religious education of children / by Sir Oliver Lodge. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![There must be phenomena which have led theologians to formulate the doctrine of original sin, but there must be at least equal and I think far greater truth in the more authorita- tive statement, applied to typical chil- dren, that of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. I have been astounded, occasion- ally even appalled, at the innate goodness of some children,—children who have come under my own ob- servation. And, holding views which I have elsewhere expressed as to the nature of incarnation, it has some- times struck me as an extraordinary privilege to be entrusted with the care of beings of so much interest and charm. They seem like guests [9]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2808679x_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
