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Rh A. Yes; it contributes very much to make man spend his life, according to his destination, in virtue and happiness.

Q. Ought female children to receive the same education as boys in their infancy?

A. Yes; that they may at a future period enjoy the blessings of perfect health as well as men.

The most pernicious consequences to the rising generation flow from separating female children, at the earliest period of their existence, from male children; from dressing them in a different manner, preventing them from taking the same kind of exercise, and compelling them to lead a more sedentary life.

Q. What are the consequences of preventing children from taking the necessary exercises before the ninth year?

A. Their growth is impeded, and they remain weak and sickly for life.

Q. What effect will it have upon children if they are kept to too hard work before the twelfth year?

A. They will very soon grow stiff, and old before their time.

Of Clothes fit to be worn by Children from the beginning of the Third to the End of the Seventh or Eighth year; of the shape of natural shoes; of the pernicious effects of stiff stays or jackets; and the necessity of pure fresh air.

Q. How ought the heads of children to be kept?

A. Boys, as well as girls, ought to remain uncovered, winter and summer, by day and by night.

Children with scurfy heads ought to keep their heads cool, clean, and uncovered; their hair cut, or repeatedly combed; which will be sufficient to cure the evil, for to cure it with salves is a very dangerous custom.

Q. Can the sun or air be prejudicial to the skin?