School Hygiene A Paper Read Before The New York Academy Of Medicine June 19 1873 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from School Hygiene: A Paper Read Before the New York Academy of Medicine, June 19, 1873 Viewing the question in the abstract, therefore, I should say that intellectual occupation or work is not inimical to the development of the infant mind; on the contrary, it is the very condition of that development. When Nature's processes are followed, the acquisition Of knowledge, far from being a hateful task for the child, is a delightful occupation. But it will be said that our system of education is fixed and practically unalterable, and that if it has its disadvantages these must be borne with. It does, indeed, look as though only a very distant future would see that change in our educational system which every philosophical mind de 81198. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.