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 with equal ability, some beginning to speak in the first year, some in the second, and some in the third.

13. I will therefore show, in a general way, how children should be instructed during the first six years: (1) in a knowledge of things; (2) in labors with activity; (3) in speech; (4) in morals and virtues; (5) in piety; (6) inasmuch as life and sound health constitute the basis of all things in relation to men, it will be shown how, by diligence and care of parents, children may be preserved sound and healthy.

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Edgeworth’s Practical Education, Chap. XX.; Laurie’s Primary Instruction in Relation to Education, Chap. I.; Preyer’s Mental Development in the Child, Chap. I.; Richter’s Levana, Second Fragment, Chaps. I., II., and III. }} {{dhr|0.5em}}{{smallrefs}}