His brain is the cornerstone of the
structure of intelligent educational methods.
He foreshadowed in his "Emile" Fourier's splendid principle of
"attractive industry." ----
THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY DEPENDS UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
HUMAN BRAIN THROUGH EDUCATION.
The intricate processes of thinking separate mankind from other
members of the animal creation.
Man is far from the animal in proportion as his brain is
cultivated. Even the animals themselves rank in their kingdom in
proportion to their brain activity.
William T. Harris said truly: "If man had let himself alone he
would have remained the monkey that he was. Not only this, but
if the monkey had let himself alone he would have remained a
lemur, or a bat, or a bear, or some other creature that now
offers only a faint suggestion of what the ape has become."
The elephant and the ape, among our humble animal brothers,
appear to have reached their limits of possibility in the way of
educational development. They still remain, and always will
remain, vastly inferior to their microscopic comrades--the ants
and bees and other insects.
The human race has barely begun the systematic study of the
problem of application, and systematic application of the truths
discovered and agreed upon.
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