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

TRAINING MENTAL FACULTIES 57 facts of scientific knowledge may in a very short time be made part of its permanent equipment. The observa- tion and comparison of flowers, leaves, plants, trees will lay the foundations of botanical knowledge without load- ing the mind with names and that dry, set acquisition of informations which is the beginning of cramming and detested by the healthy human mind when it is fresh from nature and unspoiled by natural habits. In the same way by the observation of the stars, astronomy, by the observation of earth, stones, etc., geology by the observation of insects and animals, etymology and zoology may be founded. A little later chemis- try may be started by interesting obser- vation of experiments without any formal teaching or heaping on the mind of formulas and book knowledge. There is no scientific object the