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39 world, which is wholly apart from his former experience. Such a child has no conception of the group morality which comes from the games of other children, and in consequence of this he often experiences difficulties in getting into the spirit of the others.

So, too, with the working child who has, from his earliest years, engaged in labor which meant nothing to him,—he lacks the group instinct. He does not know how to play with the others. It is obvious that in his work he is wholly deficient in any desire to co-operate in the common labor of his group. If co-operation is desirable and group action advantageous, what utter folly it is to foster a system like child labor, which deadens the very instincts that lead to effective group action.

"Playing fair" means much to the child and to the community. It is the element that makes the desirable citizen and the desirable associate. The child who learns to play fair will, nine times in ten, work fair, in the world of business. "Play at its best is only a