Even then the solution of the problem will not be in the enunciation of the theoretic principle, but will lie in its application to practice; and that application must always depend upon instinct, tact, appreciation, as well as upon the scientific law.

Even the aid that science can contribute is given slowly; meanwhile we must work with these children and lift them to the largest life.
It is in relation to this practical work of education that our effort to study children gets its human value.

There are always two points of view possible with reference to life.

From the standpoint of nature and science, individuals count for little.

Nature can waste a thousand acorns to raise one oak, hundreds of children may be sacrificed that a truth may be seen.