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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![main factor. The child arrives, a fragment of undifferentiated mind- stuff, with potentialities and inherited powers, to begin an individual ex- istence. Not to begin existence,— that nothing that we know of ever does,—but to begin an individual ex- istence, to begin as a separate unit of life and mind, to grow a character and reap a destiny. Control of attention is the first step toward this end. Not to be distracted by every passing sight and sound. To concentrate the mind on one ob- ject, without regard to every butter- fly distraction that flits across the field of view. The task is difficult, and adults must be patient. Some of them [32]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2808679x_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
