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No
one blames a father because he thinks that such
details should on no account be neglected in the
case of his own son. Why then should he be criticised who sets down for the benefit of the public
what he would be right to put into practice in his
own house? There is this further reason why he
should not be blamed. Small children are better
adapted for taking in small things, and just as the
body can only be trained to certain flexions of the
limbs while it is young and supple, so the acquisition
of strength makes the mind offer greater resistance
to the acquisition of most subjects of knowledge.
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