...system has been more or less abandoned, and precocity is discouraged. People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life, is to be a good animal. The best brain is found of little service, if there be not enough vital energy to work it ; »nd hence,...

...perfectly fitted to make them good mothers or useful old maids. It is still too often forgotten that ' the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.' It is still too much the fashion to teach what may possibly be useful, before what certainly must be....

...has been in great measure given up, and precocity is discouraged. People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life, is to be a good animal. The best brain is found of little service, if there be not enough vital energy to work it ; and hence...

...has been in great measure given up, and precocity is discouraged. People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life, is to be a good animal The best brain is found of little service, if there be not enough vital energy to work it; and hence...

...says in his work on Education, p. 232. " As remarks a suggestive writer, the first requisite in lii'e is ' to be a good animal,' and to be a nation of good animals is the first condition of national prosperity. Not only is it that the event of a war often turns on the strength and hardiness...

...their attention." Mr. Spencer goes on to quote with approval the observation of a recent writer that the first requisite to success in life is " to be a good animal." Our present condition physically he •describes in the following sentence. " After a period distinguished...

...Mr. Kingsley has contributed in no small measure, that it recognizes the truth of the principle, that the first requisite to success in life is " to be a good animal." But what I wish to show is, that Loafing is possible and prevalent in other things than football. I...

...Laws of Health —H. Spencer says, " As remarks a suggestive writer, the first requisite to success iu life 'is to be a good animal ;' and to be a nation...animals is the first condition to national prosperity." Even in England there is still lamentable ignorance among the masses with regard to the simplest principles...

...with an ounce of talent will achieve greater results than a pound of talent with an ounce of energy. The first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. In any of the learned professions a vigorous constitution is equal to at least fifty per cent more...

...with an ounce of talent will achieve greater results than a pound of talent with an ounce of energy. The first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. In any of the learned professions a vigorous constitution is equal to at least fifty per cent more...