Logic -- Juvenile literature; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
101. "Well, they've got their own way to make in the world. WE
can't leave them a fortune apiece. And money's not to be had, as
YOU know, without money's worth: they must WORK if they want to
live. And how are they to work, if they don't know anything? Take
my word for it, there's no place for ignorance in THESE times! And
all authorities agree that the time to learn is when you're young.
One's got no memory afterwards, worth speaking of. A child will
learn more in an hour than a grown man in five. So those, that
have to learn, must learn when they're young, if ever they're to
learn at all. Of course that doesn't do unless children are HEALTHY:
I quite allow THAT. Well, the doctor tells me no children are
healthy unless they've got a good colour in their cheeks. And only
just look at my darlings! Why, their cheeks bloom like peonies!
Well, now, they tell me that, to keep children in health, you
should never give them more than six hours altogether at lessons
in the day, and at least two half-holidays in the week. And that's
EXACTLY our plan I can assure you! We never go beyond six hours,
and every Wednesday and Saturday, as ever is, not one syllable of
lessons do they do after their one o'clock dinner! So how you can
imagine I'm running any risk in the education of my precious pets
is more than I can understand, I promise you!"
THE END.
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