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THE PROJECTION OF SENSE-ORGANS

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long after we have ceased to look for "norms" of work in any system, even in systems that bear such names as Froebel and Solomon (the father of sloyd).^[1]

↑ This does not mean, of course, that a child should not look through a modern microscope or telescope. There is no reason why he should not have the vision made possible by them, any more than there is a reason why he should not see Holzel's wonderful picture of the Sahara or the Rockies. The vision feeds the imagination, and that is the thing that cannot be done too soon, as the child himself proves by his eagerness to look at and hold the pictures!

And yet the looking at far-off things and through microscopes does not take the place of that outward movement-the self-projection that seems to be as necessary for human growth as is breathing or simple movement.

[1] This does not mean, of course, that a child should not look through a modern microscope or telescope. There is no reason why he should not have the vision made possible by them, any more than there is a reason why he should not see Holzel's wonderful picture of the Sahara or the Rockies. The vision feeds the imagination, and that is the thing that cannot be done too soon, as the child himself proves by his eagerness to look at and hold the pictures!

And yet the looking at far-off things and through microscopes does not take the place of that outward movement-the self-projection that seems to be as necessary for human growth as is breathing or simple movement.

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