The Years From About Eight To Twelve

Constant Muscular Activity Was Natural For The Child, And, Therefore, The Immense Effort Of The Drillmaster Teachers To Make Children Sit Still Was Harmful And Useless.

Daily Contact With Some Teachers Is Itself All-sided Ethical Education For The Child Without A Spoken Precept. Here, Too, The Real Advantage Of Male Over Female Teachers,especially For Boys, Is Seen In Their Superior Physical Strength,which Often, If Highly Estimated, Gives Real Dignity And Commands Real Respect, And Especially In The Unquestionably Greater Uniformity Of Their Moods And Their Discipline.

Modern Man Was Not Meant To Do His Best Work Before Forty But Is By Nature, And Is Becoming More So, An Afternoon And Evening Worker.

Man Is Largely A Creature Of Habit, And Many Of His Activities Are More Or Less Automatic Reflexes From The Stimuli Of His Environment.

.. Every Step Of The Upward Way Is Strewn With Wreckage Of Body, Mind, And Morals.