The mottoes and commentaries of Friedrich Froebel's Mother play (1902)
Fröbel, Friedrich, 1782-1852, Eliot, Henrietta Robins (Mack), Mrs., 1845- [from old catalog] tr, Blow, Susan Elizabeth, [from old catalog] tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 235
204 XXX. THE LITTLE WINDOW. A LITTLE baby seeks the light Not with intelligent intent; It is his native element,And heaven-born instinct guides his sight. My meaning, mother, can you read ?A token this by which we knowHis soul, too, in the light must grov/. Oh, may God help you meet this need ! 205 … XXXI. THE WINDOW. Sometimes there stirs within a young childs soul A dim forecasting, hardly yet a thought,Of his place in the Universal Whole. Oh, foster it! Let it not pass for naught;Meet every question. Help him still to see And trust the inner neath the outward show.Teach him that things apart…
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