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Memory and Intellectual Improvement: Applied to Self-education and Juvenile Instruction

The book delves into methods for enhancing memory and intellectual abilities, offering guidance on how to apply these techniques to both self-education and the instruction of young learners. more

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Orson Squire Fowler
Orson Squire Fowler

Orson Squire Fowler was an American architect, writer, and inventor in the 19th century. He is known for his unique architectural style and respect for the natural environment. Fowler's work focused on residential and religious architecture, and his contributions had a profound impact on American society at the time. more

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“The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people - no mere father and mother - as I have often said, are enough to provide emotional security for a child. He needs to feel himself one in a world of kinfolk, persons of variety in age and temperament, and yet allied to himself by an indissoluble bond which he cannot break if he could, for nature has welded him into it before he was born.”

“Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.”

“Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.”

“The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled.”