spoil the child's nature, either by giving him

such ideas of good behaviour as will only ,serve

to make him timid and shy, or, on the other
hand, by suggesting to him a wish to assert
himself. Nothing is more ridiculous than precocious
good behaviour and priggish self-conceit
in achild. In this last instance we must let the
child see his weakness all the more, but' at the
same time we must not overpower him with a
sense of'our own superiority and power ; so that,
though the child may develop his own individuality,
he should do so only as a member of
society-in a world which must, it is true, be
large enough for him, but also for others. Toby
in ' Tristram Shandy ' says to a fly which has
been annoying him for some time, and which he
at last puts out of the window, ' Go away, tiresome
creature ; the world is large enough for us
both,' We may each of us take these words for
our motto. We need not be troublesome te
one another ; the world is large enough for all I

of UB,.
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