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... 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 too ...
... 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 too ...
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... young women , in whom self - restraint is not commonly thought a necessity , and the feelings naturally take the place of reflection . All that can be said against over - study must be re- versed when we speak of moderate and rational ...
... young women , in whom self - restraint is not commonly thought a necessity , and the feelings naturally take the place of reflection . All that can be said against over - study must be re- versed when we speak of moderate and rational ...
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... young adults to make the day as full as possible , it will be much better to have an intermission of two hours at noon - time . And persons not adults should always obey a rule which places an hour's interval between dinner and study ...
... young adults to make the day as full as possible , it will be much better to have an intermission of two hours at noon - time . And persons not adults should always obey a rule which places an hour's interval between dinner and study ...
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... young girls have grown up to be strong and useful women , and have never been aware that their mental powers were less under control than those of boys of their own age , ―their school - fellows , —or that there was any physical ...
... young girls have grown up to be strong and useful women , and have never been aware that their mental powers were less under control than those of boys of their own age , ―their school - fellows , —or that there was any physical ...
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... young women , by compelling them to study to excess , par- ticularly at the monthly period . His opinion was vigorously stated in a little book , published a few years since , entitled " Sex in Education . " Equally vigorous counter ...
... young women , by compelling them to study to excess , par- ticularly at the monthly period . His opinion was vigorously stated in a little book , published a few years since , entitled " Sex in Education . " Equally vigorous counter ...
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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.