Excerpt from Nascent Stages and Their Pedagogical Significance<br><br>In general literature, the thought that human life is not an unbroken continuum but rather moves in great beats or stages is quite pronounced and dates back to very ancient times.<br><br>An historical study of religious ceremonies performed at cer tain ages shows how deeply the idea has worked itself into the religious consciousness. A brief but careful study of the con temporary religious consciousness has revealed the same thing, and the special studies upon conversion, backsliding and other religious phenomena bring out the same results.<br><br>The change of seasons, the succession of crops, special days for special things, all emphasize the thought that there are cer tain times that are peculiarly fitted for certain things.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.