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

6 NATIONAL EDUCATION
something divine, something his own,
a chance of perfection and strength
in however small a sphere which God
offers him to take or refuse. The
task is to find it, develop it and use it.
The chief aim of Education should be
to help the growing soul to draw out
that in itself which is best and make
it perfect for a noble use.
The third principle of Education
is to work from the near to the far,
from that which is to that which shall
be. The basis of a man's nature is
almost, always, in addition to his soul's
past, his heredity, his surroundings, his
nationality, his country, the soil from
which he draws sustenance, the air
which he breathes, the sights, sounds,
habits to which he is accustomed.
They mould him not the less power-
fully because insensibly, from that
then we must begin. We must not