The World Book; Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...workshop." 6. Let the atmosphere of the home and the school be such as to strengthen all right impulses and higher emotions. 7. It is by the choices and acts of everyday life that character is formed, more than by great crises. Through his dally tasks and decisions the youth fortifies himself to withstand the crisis when it comeb. 8. Make use of stories and the great characters of literature as Incentives to a noble character. The myth and the fairy tale when wisely chosen leave the child with the desire to emulate the good and beautiful character that dominates the story. Such characters as Gluck in The King of the Golden River, Ernest in The Great Stone Face, Ellen in Scott's Lady of the Lake and many others that might be named exert a powerful influence on boys and girls in the " 'teen" age. 9. Train for active life; strength of character is seldom developed In seclusion. The Great Teacher prayed, not that His disciples might be taken out of the world, but that they might be kept from the evils of the world, that they might discharge their duties in mingling with men, and at the same time be unscathed by the temptations and evils with which they were surrounded. "A talent may be developed in solitude, but character only in the rush of the world." Consult Larned's A Primer of Right and Wrong; Cabot's Every-day Ethics; Rickaby's Moral Philosophy, or Ethics and Natural Law; Royce's The Philosophy of Loyalty. Related SubjectN. The following articles in these volumes contain material which is more or ANCIENT ETHIOPIA Its northern boundary is believed to have been close to the dotted line in the map, south of the first cataract. evidently an allusion to the dark skins of the natives. Whether the Egyptians civilized...