राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा प्रणाली एवं भारतीय मानस (श्री अरविन्द - एकात्म शिक्षा दर्शन)

20 NATIONAL EDUCATION The one excellent element in the English Boarding School is that the master at his best stands there as a moral guide and example, leaving the boys largely to influence and help each other in following the path silently shown to them. But the method practised is crude and marred by the excess of outer discipline, for which the pupils have no respect except that of fear, and the exiguity of the inner assistance. The little good that is done is outweighed by much evil. The old Indian System of the Guru commanding by his know- ledge and sanctity, the implicit obedience, perfect admiration, reve- rent emulation of the student, was a far superior method of moral discip- line. It is impossible to restore that ancient system ; but it is not impossi- ble to substitute the wise friend,