The building of a brain / by Edward H. Clarke.

  • Edward Hammond Clarke
Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The building of a brain / by Edward H. Clarke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    parents axe informed, that, if the pupil cannot complete her lessons within the time men- tioned, she should leave them undone. In preparing these schedules, the master or mis- tress has to inquire systematically into the habits and hours of the families fi'om which their pupils come, and to adapt the schedule of each pupil to her home-circumstances. So far as I know, such care of the pupils' home- work as this is very rare in American schools, whether for boys or girls. Tranquillity of Life. — An English girl of good family grows up, until she is eighteen years old, in an atmosphere of pro- found quiet, like a plant which the gardener has sheltered from the wind, that it may de- velop on all sides to perfection. She does not associate much with her parents and their friends; sees very little of young men beyond those of her own family; does not go to par- ties, or public entertainments of any sort; and knows little, and cares less, about what is going on in the world. In all these respects, her life is physically much more wholesome
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