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... demand of the age . The case now is not unlike that of the man in an attempt to take up a handful of flaxseed : the more tightly he grasps , the less flaxseed he takes up . There is a game I have heard of , wherein it is said , " The ...
... demand of the age . The case now is not unlike that of the man in an attempt to take up a handful of flaxseed : the more tightly he grasps , the less flaxseed he takes up . There is a game I have heard of , wherein it is said , " The ...
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... demands of every one who would act well and successfully his part , a higher and truer Education than has been demanded by any preceding age . To meet this demand , in our go- ahead country , children have been crowded into 14 THE AIM ...
... demands of every one who would act well and successfully his part , a higher and truer Education than has been demanded by any preceding age . To meet this demand , in our go- ahead country , children have been crowded into 14 THE AIM ...
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... demands of the Law of Growth , for fresh and elastic energies , are imperative ; and weariness , from exhaustion by inactivity of the body and activity of the mind , prevents the ful- filment of that law . The extraordinary exu- berance ...
... demands of the Law of Growth , for fresh and elastic energies , are imperative ; and weariness , from exhaustion by inactivity of the body and activity of the mind , prevents the ful- filment of that law . The extraordinary exu- berance ...
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A Talk with Parents William Lusk Crandel. DELIGHTFUL . THE DEMANDS OF GROWTH . 17 tokens of that superabundant energy ... demand which daily waste of the body creates , to be met - but that other draft on the energies of the System , to ...
A Talk with Parents William Lusk Crandel. DELIGHTFUL . THE DEMANDS OF GROWTH . 17 tokens of that superabundant energy ... demand which daily waste of the body creates , to be met - but that other draft on the energies of the System , to ...
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... demands of growth , then it is true that our present School System may truly be denominated the " Murder of the Innocents . " Such , I firmly believe it to be . That in rushing on , with steam - like energy , to the accomplishment of a ...
... demands of growth , then it is true that our present School System may truly be denominated the " Murder of the Innocents . " Such , I firmly believe it to be . That in rushing on , with steam - like energy , to the accomplishment of a ...
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