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" ... peculiar to the sex, it must be attributed, as I believe, to the habit abovementioned, which, by the extension of the arms, has gradually produced a national elongation of this bone. Thus we see that habit may be employed to alter and improve the... "
The Introductory Discourse and Lectures: Delivered in Boston, Before the ... - Page 46
by American Institute of Instruction - 1831 - 352 pages
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The Introductory Discourse and Lectures of the American Institute of Instruction

American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1831 - 380 pages
...more durable than the other. These qualities are lost or gained at school ; and of course they lie, to some extent, within the control of the instructer....of studious character. Instead of restraining their move- N ments, and blaming the disposition to frolic, the}- should be allowed and advised to it, at...
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The Schoolmaster: Essays on Practical Education, Selected from the ..., Volume 1

Education - 1836 - 432 pages
...may be employed to alter and improve the solid bones. The French have succeeded in the development of a part, in a way that adds to health and beauty,...that distinguishes the human being from the brute, VOL. I. 2 B As young persons advance in age, and as the disposition to motion naturally diminishes,...
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The schoolmaster: essays on practical education, selected from the works of ...

Schoolmaster - 1836 - 926 pages
...may be employed to alter and improve the solid bones. The French have succeeded in the development of a part, in a way that adds to health and beauty,...increases a characteristic that distinguishes the humnn being from the brute. voL. I. 2 B As young persons advance in age, and as the disposition to...
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Physical Education and the Preservation of Health

John Collins Warren - Hygiene - 1846 - 106 pages
...may be employed to alter and improve the solid bones. The French have succeeded in the development of a part, in a way that adds to health and beauty,...movements, and blaming the disposition to frolic, they should be allowed and advised to it, at proper times, and in becoming modes. Next to walking in...
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Popular Education: For the Use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young ...

Ira Mayhew - History - 1850 - 476 pages
...may be employed to alter and improve the solid bones. The French have succeeded in the development of a part in a way that adds to health and beauty,...that distinguishes the human being from the brute."* THE MUSCLES.—The muscles consist of compact bundles of fleshy fibers, which are found in animals...
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The Preservation of Health: With Remarks on Constipation, Old Age, Use of ...

John Collins Warren - Diet in disease - 1854 - 170 pages
...solid bones. The French have succeeded in the development of a part that adds to health and beauty. As young persons advance in age, and as the disposition...movements, and blaming the disposition to frolic, they should be allowed and advised to it, at proper times, and in becoming modes. Next to walking in...
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Annual Report of the Board of Education, Volumes 21-22

Massachusetts. Board of Education - Education - 1858 - 428 pages
...females of the French nation than in those of the English. The French have succeeded in the development of a part, in a way that adds to health and beauty." Again, " In the course of my observations I have been able to satisfy myself, that about one- half...
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The Means and Ends of Universal Education

Ira Mayhew - Education - 1860 - 488 pages
...may be employed to alter and improve the solid bones. The French have succeeded in the development of a part in a way that adds to health and beauty,...that distinguishes the human being from the brute."* THE MUSCLES. — The muscles consist of compact bundles of fleshy fibers, which are found in animals...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Vermont Board of Education, Volumes 13-15

Education - 1862 - 582 pages
...females ot the French nation, than in tbcse of the English. The French have succceded in the development of a part, in a way that adds to health and beauty, and inereases a eha-- acteristic, that distinguishes the human being from the brute. " While all of us...
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Lectures and Annual Reports on Education

Horace Mann - Education - 1867 - 600 pages
...females of the French nation, than in those of the English. The French have succeeded in the development of a part, in a way that adds to health and beauty,...that distinguishes the human being from the brute. " While all of us are desirous of possessing the excellent qualities of strength, hardiness, and beauty,...
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