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MIDDLE AGED, AND OLD PERSONS

The true school can only be begun after the male or female has altained his or her growth. Chiüdhood serves for alphabets, tables, and rudiments, but only at th? age 0f 20, 30, 40, 60, ete., will good lessons be really understood and learned. For those ages there must also be schools. Childhood receives and does not question. But they must question all they receive and try it.

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