Project Gutenberg 2013-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 406 Comfort, Will Levington 1878 1932 The Hive North Americans -- Quickenings -- Conquest of fears -- The stuff of comrades -- John's things -- Values of letter writing -- The new dancing -- Old pictures in red -- Steve -- Hejira -- The spectator -- Tom and the little girl -- The abbot -- The artist unleashed -- Work in short stories -- Valley road girl -- Beauty -- Shuk -- Imagination -- Boys and dogs -- The man who found peace -- A dithyramb and a letter -- The mating mystery -- Chapter of letters -- Romance -- The cosmic peasant -- Résumé. E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Sue Fleming, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "The Hive" by Will Levington Comfort is a philosophical and educational treatise written in the early 20th century. The work explores themes of child development, spirituality, and the quest for a new social order termed the "New Race." It delves into the importance of nurturing the imagination and spirit of children, while also hinting at the roles of parents and educators in shaping the future generation. The opening of "The Hive" introduces the author's vision of a transformative approach to education and parenting, emphasizing the need for adults to evolve alongside children. Comfort shares anecdotes and reflections about children and their unique perceptive abilities, particularly before the age of seven, when they connect readily with the unseen world. He asserts that the old models of authority and interaction often cause misunderstandings and stifle creativity. Instead, he proposes a gentle nurturing of the child's imagination, which he believes is critical for the development of a harmonious and enlightened future society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44208/44208-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Education Child development American essays -- 20th century Children PS Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality Category: Parenthood & Family Relations Category: Teaching & Education 469695 2025-08-18T03:32:10.775531 text/html 458172 2024-10-23T19:49:21 text/html 294559 2025-08-18T03:32:17.798547 application/epub+zip 299740 2025-08-18T03:32:12.009584 application/epub+zip 254896 2025-08-18T03:32:11.373578 application/epub+zip 436729 2025-08-18T03:32:21.950576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388794 2025-08-18T03:32:17.042580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342730 2022-09-20T07:31:57.461183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425307 2025-08-18T03:32:09.853552 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 405403 2024-10-23T19:49:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18032 2025-08-18T03:32:22.092477 application/rdf+xml 12223 2025-08-18T03:32:11.487539 image/jpeg 2078 2025-08-18T03:32:11.429537 image/jpeg 430430 2025-08-18T03:32:10.819541 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia