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has no prejudices or preconceptions. And once learned, the plan 

 which is at once simplest and truest must prove easiest and most 

 helpful. It would be of inestimable value to have all the rising 

 generation of students come forward free from the trammels 

 of an old fashioned sequence and terminology. The student 

 should have as little as possible to unlearn. All who have reached 

 middle age realize how much of our life is spent in unlearning. 

 This is a necessary function, but it should be exercised as little 

 as possible. 



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