Show the object of education in the education of the human being the primary object or end is the development of the mind in its broadest sense to fully realize this the mind goes through several stages before the end is reached the teacher does docs not plant new powers in the mind min d by his work these are arc already in the makeup of nearly every person born into the world and are merely developed by the work of the teacher the powers of mind are like a tree in the beginning of the life of the tree we find the seed in this seed we find in embryo all the organs of the full grown tree all that Is is necessary for its development is that it lie be surrounded with circumstances favorable to its growth and in t time ime a tree is the result so it is with the mind it is present in every part with the child as the embryo is is in in the seed and grows upon which it feeds as does the tree in the early years of child life the child does docs not understand himself does not distinguish himself from his surroundings ile he is 13 a stranger to himself and consequently delights in in strange things ile he delights in the mysteries of fairy tales and stories of distant climes seeking in them to solve tile mystery of his own being the self activity of the child causes him to observe all the objects around him until lie he becomes familiar with them and comes in time to recognize the things around and from these observations discovers laws and principles in the workings of nature and identifies them with reason this principle of self estrangement 0 is a very important one to be understood st bod by teachers for as liets has been stated above it is through the exercise ci so of this that the child becomes acquainted with himself and things aroundhim around him in his early career he be sees things such as men and an animals moving 0 around to these he be at laches the idea of life but this idea does not stop here the stick that he rides is endowed with life and becomes a real horse the doll a real child As lie he becomes more experienced he finds that none of I 1 the characteristics acte of life are attached to the the stick which in time ceases to have any charm for him here begins the removal of this estrangement a return of the mind to a study of use itself f the child has now discovered a d difference f between the object and tb the e observer the mind he can distinguish himself from other persons and a nd things and is better able to appreciate preci ate ills his own existence all culture of whatever nature in must be attained through these two principles estrangement stran gem ent and its I 1 removal the end of culture is to intensify the distinction between the observer and the observed that the person may more fully realize what and who lie he is though 0 it must again absorb this distinction into itself and in this way make the union more lasting 12 A SILL 1 |