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2. In order to grow in body day by day, increasing in 

 weight and in strength, what are some of the conditions 

 necessary to be observed? For intellectual growth, and 

 for increase in mental capability, what constitutes (a) the 

 needed food; (b) the exercise required? At about what 

 ages does a person attain full measure of mental powers? 



3. It may be assumed as true that something more vital 

 than age or stature marks the distinction between a man and 

 a boy. The change from childhood to manhood or woman- 

 hood may very properly be measured by an ability to direct 

 one's self aright in what is thought and said and done. In 

 that case what length of time in a general way is required 

 for a child to grow to be a man or a woman ? What are some 

 suitable tests to determine whether a boy is growing to be a 

 man or not ? How much change in this respect is likely to 

 be noted in any one day or in several days ? 



4. The failure of a person to do what he knows should 

 be done by him may be considered evidence of what stage 

 of growth for him ? What in a large measure aids anyone 

 to decide whether any particular act in life is right or wrong 

 for him ? For how many years may one keep growing in a 

 mastery of himself so that he does what he ought, and does 

 it without being told to do it ? If one at all times seeks to 

 do right things, how much need will there be for him to 

 give attention to what ought not to be done ? 



