Цепочка: воспитание примером

Аргумент главы XII: почему характер передаётся образцом, а не словом, и почему дом решает больше школы.

1. Пример учит без языка — example-over-precept

   is one of the most potent of instructors, though it teaches without a tongue. It is the practical school of mankind, working by action, which is always more forcible than words.
   — Self-Help, ch. XII

2. Наставление лишь указывает, ведёт пример — example-over-precept

   Precept may point to us the way, but it is silent continuous example, conveyed to us by habits, and living with us in fact, that carries us along.
   — Self-Help, ch. XII

3. Учимся глазами больше, чем ухом — example-over-precept

   All persons are more or less apt to learn through the eye rather than the ear
   — Self-Help, ch. XII

4. Дети подражают тому, что видят — example-over-precept

   They insensibly come to resemble those who are about them—as insects take the colour of the leaves they feed on.
   — Self-Help, ch. XII

5. Отсюда первенство дома — example-over-precept

   The Home is the crystal of society—the nucleus of national character
   — Self-Help, ch. XII

6. Так самопомощь передаётся дальше — self-help

   his life and character pass unconsciously into the lives of others, and propagate good example for all time to come.
   — Self-Help, ch. I