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    Its relation to attention 170 Manifested in action and inhibition 170 Opposite activities of the will must combine to form the personality 173 Powers of the will established by exercise, not by subjection 174 Persistence in effort the true foundation of will 178 Decision the highest function of the will 180 Development of will depends on order and clarity of ideas 185 Power of choice, which precedes decision, should be strengthened 185 Need of exercise for the will paralleled with need of muscular exercise 187 Fallacy of educating the child's will by "breaking it" 189 "Character" the result of established will, not of emulation 190     CHAPTER VIII intelligence     Liberating the child means leaving him to "his own intelligence" 195 How the intelligence of the child differs from the instincts of animals 196 Intelligence the actual means of formation of the inner life 197 Hygiene of intelligence 198 Intelligence awakens and sets in motion the central nervous mechanisms 200 In an age of speed, man has not accelerated himself 201 Swift reactions an external manifestation of intelligence 202 Ability to distinguish and arrange the characteristic sign of intelligence 202 Montessori "sensory exercises" make it possible for the child to distinguish and classify 203 The Montessori child is sensitive to the objects of his environment 207 Educational methods in use do not help the child to distinguish 207 Power of association depends on ability to distinguish dominant characteristics 209 Individuality revealed in association by similarity 211 By means of attention and internal will the intelligence accomplishes the work of association 212 Judgment and reasoning depend on ability to distinguish 213 Activities of association and selection lead to individual habits of thought 214 Importance of acquiring ability to reason for oneself 214 Genius the possession of maximum powers of association by similarity