Equally strong, equally natural, equally sure of awakening a responsive stir in the soul, is the divinely implanted principle of curiousity. The child wants to know; wants to know incessantly, desperately; asks all manner of questions about everything he comes across, plagues his elders and betters, and is told not to bother, and to be a good boy and not ask questions. But this is only sometimes. For the most part we lay ourselves out to answer questions so far as we are able, and are sadly ashamed that we are so soon floored by his insatiable curiosity about natural objects and phenomena.
Parents and Children
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