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... mental faculties , secret propensities , and animal passions of man are so blended and interwoven together , that it is sometimes difficult from his actions to detect the impulses , or nominate the emotions , by which he is incited or ...
... mental faculties , secret propensities , and animal passions of man are so blended and interwoven together , that it is sometimes difficult from his actions to detect the impulses , or nominate the emotions , by which he is incited or ...
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... Mental Sensation - Will - Impulse - Deprav- ity - Millions ignorant of their own science - Man prone to idle- ness - Proper education useful - If all from 5 to 21 are trained in school , they cannot make livings - To make them work all ...
... Mental Sensation - Will - Impulse - Deprav- ity - Millions ignorant of their own science - Man prone to idle- ness - Proper education useful - If all from 5 to 21 are trained in school , they cannot make livings - To make them work all ...
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... mental amelioration and education of the poor , who are well disposed , will not be counterbalanced by the ad- vantages in like manner given to the wicked and depraved in better fitting them for adroit perpetrations , remains to be seen ...
... mental amelioration and education of the poor , who are well disposed , will not be counterbalanced by the ad- vantages in like manner given to the wicked and depraved in better fitting them for adroit perpetrations , remains to be seen ...
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... mental instruction and to enable them to transact their private affairs , and all that is ever required for any child who is not to be prepared for a learned profession or for some scientific pursuit ; all that is necessary , and ...
... mental instruction and to enable them to transact their private affairs , and all that is ever required for any child who is not to be prepared for a learned profession or for some scientific pursuit ; all that is necessary , and ...
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... mental as well as bodily food . What schooling is necessary is just so much as is required . to enable them to read and write , together with the first rudi- ments of grammar , geography and arithmetic . After this they can read and ...
... mental as well as bodily food . What schooling is necessary is just so much as is required . to enable them to read and write , together with the first rudi- ments of grammar , geography and arithmetic . After this they can read and ...
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