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