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Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.
G. Stanley Hall
Love
Sex
Theory
The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.
G. Stanley Hall
Future
Heredity
Man
May
Past
Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.
G. Stanley Hall
Age
Civilization
Body
Disease
Protection
Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
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Habit
Environment
Man
The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.
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Life
Years
Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will.
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Sense
Will
Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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Work
Development
Being an only child is a disease in itself.
G. Stanley Hall
Being
Disease
Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
G. Stanley Hall
Adolescence
Now
Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.
G. Stanley Hall
Abundance
Children