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I have often been asked to select and epitomize the practical and
especially the pedagogical conclusions of my large volumes on
Adolescence, published in 1904, in such form that they may be
available at a minimum cost to parents, teachers, reading circles,
normal schools, and college classes, by whom even the larger volumes
have been often used. This, with the coöperation of the publishers and
with the valuable aid of Superintendent C.N. Kendall of Indianapolis,
I have tried to do, following in the main the original text, with only
such minor changes and additions as were necessary to bring the topics
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Introduction: Characterization of the age from eight to twelve–The
era of recapitulating the stages of primitive human development–Life
close to nature–The age also for drill, habituation, memory, work and
regermination–Adolescence superposed upon this stage of life, but
very distinct from it.
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Muscles as organs of the will, of character and even of thought–The
muscular virtues–Fundamental and accessory muscles and functions–The
development of the mind and of the upright position–Small
muscles as organs of thought–School lays too much stress upon
these–Chorea–vast numbers of automatic movements in children–Great
variety of spontaneous activities–Poise, control and spurtiness–Pen
and tongue wagging–Sedentary school life _vs_ free out-of-door
activities–Modern decay of muscles, especially in girls–Plasticity
of motor habits at puberty.
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