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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![now brought about wars. But, quite apart from consequences, the recol- lection and reproduction of exact words is an art in itself, and as every person of literary sensitiveness knows, is an eminently desirable aptitude, for it leads to accuracy in the quotation of poetry or prose later on. Children like being made use of, and an errand is an opportunity to make them feel their responsibility and take trouble to execute a com- mission in an exact'manner; first re- peating, naturally and as a matter of course, what it is they have to do or say, so as to be sure that there is no mistake. I venture to maintain, moreover, that it is a training not un- [20]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2808679x_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
