The higher conception of education--The ordinary course pursued in schools--Too many subjects studied at one time, and too large a number of scholars under the supervision of one teacher--Little opportunity to study individual characters and tendencies--Numerous subjects of study tend to confuse the mind rather than invigorate it--Illustrative cases--Teachers only in part to blame--Courses pursued in colleges--The importance of avoiding over-stimulation of any portion of the system in the period of youth--Ball clubs; rowing clubs--A similar tendency to over-stimulation of the brain in study prevalent in England--Over-exertion in the use of the brain tends strongly to create weakness and instability of action, and a condition which may be transmitted to children 73 CHAPTER VI. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. Occupations of persons admitted to State asylums--Percentage of those having no education in industry, or regular occupation-- Importance of industrial education to the brain--Difficulty of obtaining it greater than formerly--Education of the brain has taken the place of industrial education, and with unfavorable results--The education of the schools does not qualify the mass of people to earn a living: it tends rather to unfit them for industrial labor--The interests of society require that the largest number be educated to be self-supporting--To secure this it is necessary to begin early in life--The same principles apply to education for domestic labor 95 CHAPTER VII. MORAL EDUCATION. Examples of deficient moral education--It more especially pertains to the influence of home and relates to obedience-- Respect and obedience toward persons in authority essential to any efficient system--This must be learned in early life if at all--Self-control essential to the growth of mental strength and discipline--The tendencies in the modes of home and school education 115 CHAPTER VIII. HEREDITY. Its importance as a factor in causing physical and mental characteristics in families and nations--Illustrations-- Tendencies to morbid action, both mental and physical, may also be transmitted--Insanity--Dipsomania--How may unfavorable tendencies be avoided?--The influence of heredity acts toward elimination of unfavorable tendencies when existing on one side of the family--Importance of understanding this in relation to marriage--Education may do much toward aiding in the removal of unfavorable tendencies--Weak-minded children--Those born with peculiarities of physical and mental constitutions 125 CHAPTER IX. CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES.