The child : its spiritual nature / by Henry King Lewis.

  • Lewis, Henry King.
Date:
1896
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Credit: The child : its spiritual nature / by Henry King Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Orderliness, Order, as distinguished from confusion, is hardly to be expected in a child. Discrimination of the ever- increasing number and variety of its facts, their rela- tive importance, and the multiplicity of things a child can handle, are not likely at a very early date to fall under any orderly arrangement. But here is an instance of an orderly mind:—Edith (before two) would have all the doll’s clothes folded and put away exactly in their right places. A still more remarkable example we have in the boyhood of Mr. Gladstone, whose daughter, Mrs. Drew, mentions that his first well-authenticated words were :—“ Take it away ; how can I do two things at once ? ” He was then a small boy doing his lessons, when he was interrupted by the entrance of the nurse bringing him a dose of physic. “The words,” remarks Mrs. Drew, “ will seem to some foreshadowing of the astuteness of the old parliamentary hand who finds an escape out of any situation, but to those who know Mr. Gladstone more than superficially they contain one of the secrets of the assurance of his convictions and the success of his work.” As boys, Cavendish and Sir Humphrey Davy were remarkable contrasts. The former was retiring in dis- position, and studious; escaping from society where he might be brilliant. The latter would fancy himself