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and in another the abnormal, medium, and bad, we shall be able more easily to form an idea of the variations presented by con- duct in the various ages, in spite of the different criteria used in judging them.

From this point of view I found that in the first inquiry the number of good conducts rises in the second year of attendance in the classical schools, as compared with the first year ; in the third year I found a diminution again, and this diminution con- tinued until it reached the lowest point of good conduct in the