Through Boyhood to Manhood: A Plea for IdealsLongmans, Green, 1899 - 194 pages |
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... subject any thought at all , who cannot see the advantage that a boy who does not make it a habit to eat sweets has over the boy who does . There is much to be said on the physical side 50 THROUGH BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD .
... subject any thought at all , who cannot see the advantage that a boy who does not make it a habit to eat sweets has over the boy who does . There is much to be said on the physical side 50 THROUGH BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD .
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... habit grows up of letting them eat sweets be- cause it is the easiest way of pacifying them . Any one in charge of a little child will say , " Give him a biscuit , or a bit of sugar , he will be good directly " . Good ? he will SELF ...
... habit grows up of letting them eat sweets be- cause it is the easiest way of pacifying them . Any one in charge of a little child will say , " Give him a biscuit , or a bit of sugar , he will be good directly " . Good ? he will SELF ...
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... habit ? If we look no farther than the immediate present with our children we cannot hope that our association with them can do them any particular good . We treat our babies as babies , our little children 52 THROUGH BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD .
... habit ? If we look no farther than the immediate present with our children we cannot hope that our association with them can do them any particular good . We treat our babies as babies , our little children 52 THROUGH BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD .
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... habit of eating sweets . They do when the time comes for their growing into a habit of doing worse . A boy who has got into the way of self - indulgence in the matter of eating sweets , is not very likely to give up the self- indulgence ...
... habit of eating sweets . They do when the time comes for their growing into a habit of doing worse . A boy who has got into the way of self - indulgence in the matter of eating sweets , is not very likely to give up the self- indulgence ...
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... habit has grown up of having " meals , " thus making the satisfying of our hunger and thirst an excuse for social gather- ing together , so that one may feel that others are enjoying themselves at the same time as we are . This ...
... habit has grown up of having " meals , " thus making the satisfying of our hunger and thirst an excuse for social gather- ing together , so that one may feel that others are enjoying themselves at the same time as we are . This ...
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