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... learning to write , the child com- mences with simple strokes : he forms an idea as to how these strokes should be made , and so a movement is brought about : the child is able to see , by comparison with the copy , whether the movement ...
... learning to write , the child com- mences with simple strokes : he forms an idea as to how these strokes should be made , and so a movement is brought about : the child is able to see , by comparison with the copy , whether the movement ...
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... learning its native language , impressions are brought before the mind which would not have been other- wise perceived . A word is associated with the ideas which it represents , and this is a purely artificial association ; mère and ...
... learning its native language , impressions are brought before the mind which would not have been other- wise perceived . A word is associated with the ideas which it represents , and this is a purely artificial association ; mère and ...
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... learning languages , could repeat correctly a long " Act of Parliament , " or any similar document , after having once read it . Being congratu- tulated by a friend on his remarkable gift , he replied that , instead of being an ...
... learning languages , could repeat correctly a long " Act of Parliament , " or any similar document , after having once read it . Being congratu- tulated by a friend on his remarkable gift , he replied that , instead of being an ...
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... learning first the ordinary multiplication table by making lines and squares of peas , marbles , and shot , and then enlarging upon this , until at last his own multiplication table , actually in his memory , rose to a million . I ...
... learning first the ordinary multiplication table by making lines and squares of peas , marbles , and shot , and then enlarging upon this , until at last his own multiplication table , actually in his memory , rose to a million . I ...
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... learning , unless the consciousness of a pre- vious impression be evolved at the time , or at some subsequent period . If the previous impression be not revived at the time , it is not likely to be revived at any subsequent period , the ...
... learning , unless the consciousness of a pre- vious impression be evolved at the time , or at some subsequent period . If the previous impression be not revived at the time , it is not likely to be revived at any subsequent period , the ...
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