"Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes f..." — G. Stanley Hall

The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.

The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.

Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.

Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will.