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C. 



A singular, striking impression, even if not correct, is some- 

 times admirably adapted to impress the idea it is used to illus- 

 trate. u John barked at a dog " will excite the attention of a 

 child, and impress its mind with the grammatical idea it is used 

 to illustrate, much better than the correct form. So will " Little 

 John barked at the big dog," or " the big blue dog." Count up 

 the ten kinds of Apparatus on the fingers, " to keep them at 

 the fingers' ends," or u to show why there are ten digits." 



A figure upon a blackboard, if a little grotesque and laugh- 

 able, will be often serviceable. 



Thus break up monotony ; make sure the mind is active to 

 receive, and that ideas are so presented that they are sure to 

 enter and be welcomed. 



D. 



Meaning of Train, Educate, Exercise. 



A trained man = educated mind + exercised body. These 

 words are not always used in their proper sense. Education 

 cannot properly be applied to the body, nor to an animal ; train- 

 ed may be. Exercise can better be applied to mental activity, 

 but not with the greatest propriety. It should be restricted to 

 the activities of the body. Nor should it be at all limited to 

 activity of the muscles, but should be applied to the activity of 

 all parts : the exercise of the brain, or of the stomach, or of 

 the lungs, being as proper expressions as exercise of the mus- 

 cles. Muscle culture is but a small part of the physical duties 

 that require repeated and regular exercise brain culture, lung 

 culture, eye culture, and that of some other parts, being even of 

 greater consequence. 



External World. 



But, in addition to the training of man, and for the purpose 

 of training him, the importance of arranging properly the ex- 

 ternal world must be taken into consideration. In one sense, 

 the training of man will provide for this arrangement, but in 

 another respect it will be better to make a distinction, as it will 

 fix upon the mind precisely what is to be done. 



Mind ; Body ; External World. 



The position of these words exhibits the relations in which 

 they stand. The Mind exerts a double influence, upon the Body, 

 and through it upon the External World. So, also, does the 

 External World exert a double influence, upon the Body, and 

 through the Body upon the Mind. 



Educated ; Exercised ; Arranged. 



The above three words express what should be done in order 

 that the influence of Mind, Body, and External World may be 



