CHAPTER IV

AUTHORITY AND DOCILITY 68

Deputed authority, lodged in everyone--No such thing as anarchy--A mere transference of authority--Authority makes for Liberty--Order, the outcome of authority--Docility, universal--The principles of authority and docility inherent in everyone--_Crux_, to find the mean--Freedom, offered as solution--“Proud subjection and dignified obedience”--Secured by feeding the mind--Subservience _v._ docility--Docility implies equality--Physical activities do not sustain mind--Many relationships must be established--No undue emphasis--Sense of _must_ in teacher and child--Freedom comes with knowledge--The office makes the man--Children must have responsibility of learning--The potency of their minds--All children have quick apprehension--And the power of attention--Humane letters make for efficiency--Delightful to use any power--Common interests--Powers of attention and recollection a national asset--But want of intellectual interests a serious handicap.