For the New School Year - a Preface, and Prologue, and a Prayer

From the preface of The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondley -

THE QUESTION

GLAUCON:  Who, then, are the true philosophers?

SOCRATES:  Those who are lovers of the vision of truth.

                                       -Republic of Plato, BOOK V.E

THE ANSWER

Jesus said:  'I am the way, the truth and the life.'

                                       -St. John's Gospel

From the prologue of I Buy a School by Marion Berry-

"A proper setting for the beauty of a child's life is what a school is required to be."

A prayer for all teachers from Christina Rossetti -

"Lord Jesus Merciful and Patient, grant us grace, I beseech Thee, ever to teach in a teachable spirit; learning along with those we teach, and learning from them whenever Thou so pleasest."

From joy to joy,
Nancy

Pictures by Jean Adrien Mercier from Guide to The Book of Knowledge