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From all these facts there emerges a very simple abstract program for the teacher to follow in keeping the attention of the child: Begin with the line of his native interests, and offer him objects that have some immediate connection with these.

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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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