It may be possible to lay veneers of information on the surface of a child's mind, but it is not possible to lay on veneers of growth; and growth, not information, is the end at which Egeria has always aimed.

If a child is to grow, he must exercise his own limbs, his own organs, his own faculties.

No one else can do this for him; and unless he does it himself, it will never be done.

The school life in Utopia is therefore one of constant activity.

The habit of doing things, of doing things for himself, of doing things by himself, is gradually built up in each child.