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The growth of intelligence in the human
race has its counterpart in that of the indi-
vidual, especially in the earliest stages. In-
tellectual activity and the development of
reasoning powers are in both cases based
upon the accumulation of experiences, and
on the comparison, classification, arrange-
ment, and nomenclature of these experi-
ences. During the infancy of each the suc-
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