An observant child should be put in the way of things worth observing.

The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas and furnish the imagination with pictures.

Education, like faith, is the evidence of things not seen.

Wise and purposeful letting alone is the best part of education.

Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind.

Imagination does not stir at the suggestion of the feeble, much diluted stuff that is too often put into children’s hands.

A child is a person in whom all possibilities are present - present now at this very moment - not to be educed after many years and efforts manifold on the part of the educator