CHAPTER VIII.
THE CHILDREN OF THE FAMILY The human being arrives: "Immense have been the preparations for me, Faithful and friendly the arms that have helped me; Cycles ferried my cradle, rowing and rowing like cheerful boatmen; For room to me the stars kept aside in their own rings, They sent influences to look after what was to hold me; Before I was born out of my mother generations guided me, And forces have been steadily employed to complete and delight me; Now, on this spot I stand with my robust soul." -- WALT WHITMAN.
"The child grows up in a setting of social functions of a type higher always than that of his private accomplishment.

He must grow by gradual absorption of copies, patterns and examples."-- BALDWIN.
"He is happy who comes with healthy body into the world; much more he who goes with healthy spirit out of it.

Nature has implanted within us the seeds of learning, of virtue, and of piety; to bring these to maturity is the object of education.

All men require education, and God has made children unfit for other employments in order that they may have leisure to learn."-- COMENIUS.
"The most critical interval of human nature is that between the hour of birth and twelve years of age; this is the time when vice and error may take root without our being possessed of any instrument to destroy them; the first art of education, then, consists neither in teaching virtue nor truth but in guarding the heart from evil and the mind from error."-- ROUSSEAU.
"A ladder leading to heaven is let down to every child, but he must be taught to climb it.

Education should decide for every child not only what is to be made of its life, but should seek an answer to the question, what was it intended that child should become ?"--PESTALOZZI.
"An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy."-- OLD PROVERB.
"Come, let us live with our children!"-- FROEBEL.
=Conditions to be Secured for Every Child.=--There are several conditions which must be secured for every child to insure that it may be born and reared according to high standards.
These may be listed as follows: I.Two parents, to secure in advance a favorable social position.
II.