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"A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City"

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How does impure air hurt the bones?--"Impure air makes bad blood, and bad
blood makes poor bones."
Why should you sit and stand erect?--"Because my bones are easily bent out
of shape; if I do not sit and stand erect, they will grow crooked."
Why is it wrong to wear tight clothing?--"Because tight clothing crowds the
bones out of shape."
Whose bones are the more brittle, those of a child, or those of an old
person?--"Those of an old person."
What do you mean by _brittle_?--"Easily broken."
Whose are the more flexible?--"Those of a child."
What do you mean by _flexible_?--"Easily bent."
What repairs the worn out bones, flesh, and skin of the body?--"The blood."
What do you mean by _repairs_?--"Mends."
What causes the bones, flesh, and skin of your body to change often?--"The
bones, flesh, and skin are always wearing out, and the blood is always
building and repairing them again."
What are alcoholic liquors?--"Liquors which have alcohol in them."
Name some alcoholic liquors.--"Beer, wine, rum, etc."
Whose bones mend the more easily when broken, the bones of those who drink
alcoholic liquors, or those of the people who do not use these
poisons?--"The bones of those who _do not_ use alcoholic liquors.


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