Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 21
he divisionJNIiscellaneous. Out of school the childs workinfluences him; his playmates affect him more; theexample and instruction of his parents form hishabits, thought and character to a still greater ex-tent; but more than any one, as much as the three 4 Introduction combined, does his home… … he possesses the instrument of highest culture, butat the same time the instrument of greater danger.Bad books or bad methods of reading good bookslead the readers mind astraj^ or stimulate a de-structive imagination that affects character for-ever; but good books and right methods of readingmake…
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