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Character: Four Requisites of a Gentleman

The article below was found in Outline History of Education By Felix Arnold, written in 1911.  You can download this entire free book here.

Virtue

Possess the proper religious ideas.
Preserve the mind from notions of spirits goblins fearful apprehensions in the dark, etc.
Form the habit of exactly speaking the truth.
Develop good nature Injustice generally springs from [...]

Charlotte Mason on Practical Work and Manual Training

Moral Instruction and Training in Schools Report of an International Inquiry …
By Michael Sadler, Executive committee of the inquiry of the
United Kingdom on moral instruction and training in schools
Question:  The comparative ethical value of different school studies - Is it desirable that more practical work and manual training should be introduced into the curriculum?
Reply from Miss [...]

What Kind of Home Are You Building?

“You can’t go home again.”
When someone repeats this age-old saying, what do you think they are referring to?  The “home” they are illuding to is something beloved from the past.  It’s a place, a time, a memory of people and things long past.  It’s a feeling of belonging and longing for something good someone once [...]