The home is the true soil for the cultivation of virtue. Mere
cultivation of intellect has little influence upon character. Most of
the principles of character are implanted in the home and not in the
school. Children are more apt to learn through the eye than through the
ear. That which is seen makes a much deeper impression on the mind than
that which is read or heard, and that which they see they will
unconsciously imitate.
Notice the little mannerisms of your children. It may be a way of
walking, or a twist of the mouth or an accent. How easily you can detect
the origin! Therefore it behooves parents to place before their children
examples of character that as nearly as possible approach perfection.
Whatever benefit there is derived from the schools, the examples set in
the home are of far greater influence in forming the character of our
future men and women.