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... never live ! At the best , they have but half the power designed for them by Nature . Our Schools , from top to bot- tom , and from bottom to top , are DYSPEPTIC FAC- TORIES ! Where are your stalwart men , who hold and express Truth ...
... never live ! At the best , they have but half the power designed for them by Nature . Our Schools , from top to bot- tom , and from bottom to top , are DYSPEPTIC FAC- TORIES ! Where are your stalwart men , who hold and express Truth ...
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... never to be substituted entirely for what is technically termed Play . For this reason , that in the play or sports of children and youth , the Voluntary prin- ciple is at work , and that is the energizing prin- ciple of the human mind ...
... never to be substituted entirely for what is technically termed Play . For this reason , that in the play or sports of children and youth , the Voluntary prin- ciple is at work , and that is the energizing prin- ciple of the human mind ...
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... for the day , should never go beyond 12 o'clock at noon . In that case , the School should commence at 9 o'clock , for those of 8 years of age and upwards , with two recesses of REBELLION . NO SCHOLARS UNDER EIGHT . 27 15 minutes.
... for the day , should never go beyond 12 o'clock at noon . In that case , the School should commence at 9 o'clock , for those of 8 years of age and upwards , with two recesses of REBELLION . NO SCHOLARS UNDER EIGHT . 27 15 minutes.
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... never again be seen in a Public School Room , till the work and the ideas which now prevail there are totally Revolutionized ! 28 HOME BLACKBOARDS . The Creator never designed the little.
... never again be seen in a Public School Room , till the work and the ideas which now prevail there are totally Revolutionized ! 28 HOME BLACKBOARDS . The Creator never designed the little.
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A Talk with Parents William Lusk Crandel. 28 HOME BLACKBOARDS . The Creator never designed the little innocents should study books - to do that which they nei- ther comprehend nor enjoy — as we know from the fact that He did not give ...
A Talk with Parents William Lusk Crandel. 28 HOME BLACKBOARDS . The Creator never designed the little innocents should study books - to do that which they nei- ther comprehend nor enjoy — as we know from the fact that He did not give ...
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