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... causes . It would greatly aid our knowledge of the school population , and the solution of problems dependent thereon , if an examination of , say 50,000 pupils in various selected schools , were made and a report issued . The ideal of ...
... causes . It would greatly aid our knowledge of the school population , and the solution of problems dependent thereon , if an examination of , say 50,000 pupils in various selected schools , were made and a report issued . The ideal of ...
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... Cause and effect . Nature our guide . A growing seed , movements of its parts . Spontaneous movement . Young plants move much . Parts of the living thing observed . Quantity of growth in each part - the bent axis of a seedling ...
... Cause and effect . Nature our guide . A growing seed , movements of its parts . Spontaneous movement . Young plants move much . Parts of the living thing observed . Quantity of growth in each part - the bent axis of a seedling ...
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... causes . A peevish boy , management . Irritability from exhaustion . Lying . Signs of timidity and mental confusion . Inattention . Hy- steria ; signs of predisposition ; its imitation and management . Intro- spection . Absent - minded ...
... causes . A peevish boy , management . Irritability from exhaustion . Lying . Signs of timidity and mental confusion . Inattention . Hy- steria ; signs of predisposition ; its imitation and management . Intro- spection . Absent - minded ...
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... cause and effect , but it seems to me that in the complex problems that will come under our notice , it will be better to simply note the antecedents of our facts rather than to speak of them necessarily as causes 2 Nature's methods ;
... cause and effect , but it seems to me that in the complex problems that will come under our notice , it will be better to simply note the antecedents of our facts rather than to speak of them necessarily as causes 2 Nature's methods ;
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... causes . Nature At some points in our work we shall have to dwell on our guide . certain methods of observation , thought , argument and logic . Looking steadily at the works of Nature , com- pelling ourselves to see what is before us ...
... causes . Nature At some points in our work we shall have to dwell on our guide . certain methods of observation , thought , argument and logic . Looking steadily at the works of Nature , com- pelling ourselves to see what is before us ...
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