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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![needed by many adults, to have to state accurately what is wanted, to describe the locality of a thing pre- cisely, and to instruct a messenger clearly. In the cases when a child really understands what is wanted to be said, it is excellent practice to let him try to put it clearly in his own words. To concoct a telegram, for instance, that will be clear and definite, not long-winded, and yet not capable of misconstruction; or to formulate his own message before delivering it. [21]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2808679x_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
