VII. The Rhythmic System, Sleeping and Waking, Imitation
GA 307/1923-08-11/p022
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As a result of this abstract public opinion, outer influence is brought to bear on the child. He is given this or that exercise merely because it is customary to make these movements. But this sets up processes of combustion which the human organism is no longer capable of adjusting. Restless sleep is the result of mere external methods of physical culture.
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