CHAPTER XII

SOME UNCONSIDERED ASPECTS OF MORAL TRAINING

Three foundation principles—Authority the basis of moral teaching—Principles not rules—Limitations of authority—Duty can exist only as that which we _owe_—Morals do not come by nature—Children born neither moral nor immoral—Moral teaching—Of the poets—Ethical teaching of the Middle Ages—We have no authoritative teaching—High ideals—Value of biography—Of patriotic poems—Mottoes—The habit of sweet thoughts—Virtues in which children should be trained, 126

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