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... give opportunity for bodily exercise . No lower aim should content the child's teacher than that of improving all his faculties and powers- * For admirable illustrations of this kind of teaching , see George Combe's " Education ...
... give opportunity for bodily exercise . No lower aim should content the child's teacher than that of improving all his faculties and powers- * For admirable illustrations of this kind of teaching , see George Combe's " Education ...
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... give a young man power to fight his way in the world ? We put him into a school which teaches only the brain , and only a corner of that . When he is thirty years old , he will , assuredly , not be groaning that his tutors gave him but ...
... give a young man power to fight his way in the world ? We put him into a school which teaches only the brain , and only a corner of that . When he is thirty years old , he will , assuredly , not be groaning that his tutors gave him but ...
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... give dyspepsia by being allowed to encroach on physical duties ; but when a person has learned to hold the proper proportion be- tween these two , there is nothing that he finds more conducive to peace , satisfaction , and comfort ...
... give dyspepsia by being allowed to encroach on physical duties ; but when a person has learned to hold the proper proportion be- tween these two , there is nothing that he finds more conducive to peace , satisfaction , and comfort ...
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... give hours of the time needed for mental re- freshment to the production of a few numerical re- sults , which are probably destined to lie idle on a shelf . Mental Strain . - There is a great deal of harm done by excessive urging or ...
... give hours of the time needed for mental re- freshment to the production of a few numerical re- sults , which are probably destined to lie idle on a shelf . Mental Strain . - There is a great deal of harm done by excessive urging or ...
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... has willed it so , and for this life it must be So. To give a body insufficient food , and to exact a full task from the brain , is slow suicide . The nour- ishment goes to the brain , while the rest of FOOD AND SLEEP . 21.
... has willed it so , and for this life it must be So. To give a body insufficient food , and to exact a full task from the brain , is slow suicide . The nour- ishment goes to the brain , while the rest of FOOD AND SLEEP . 21.
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Page 134 - A child, young person, or woman, shall not be allowed to work between the fixed and traversing part of any self-acting machine while the machine is in motion by the action of steam, water, or other mechanical power.