"The foundations for national prosperity and perpetuity are to be
laid deep down in our infant schools. And the infant school, to be
most successful, must be organized and carried forward on the
kindergarten plan. The kindergarten has rightly been termed the
'Paradise of Childhood.' It is the gate through which many a
little outcast has re-entered Eden."--_Sarah B. Cooper, before the
National Conference of Charities and Correction._