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146 The Century of the Child
stinct which even in the case of a small child
can be passionately profound. Only when
every infringement of sanctity (forcible ca-
ressing is as bad as a blow) evokes an ener-
getic, instinctive repulsion, is the nature of the
child proud and pure. Children who strike
back when they are punished have the most
promising characters of all.
Numerous are the cases in which bodily
punishment can occasion irremediable damage,
not suspected by the person who administers
it, though he may triumphantly declare how
the punishment in the specific case has helped.
Most adults feel free to tell how a whipping
has injured them in one way or another, but
when they take up the training of their own
children they depend on the effect of such
chastisement.
What burning bitterness and desire for
vengeance, what canine fawning flattery, does
not corporal punishment call forth. It makes
the lazy lazier, the obstinate more obstinate,
the hard, harder. It strengthens those two
emotions, the root of almost all evil in the
world, hatred and fear. And as long as blows
are made synonymous with education, both of
these emotions will keep their mastery over
men.
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