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142 The Century of the Child
disgust,—^blows which are simply the active
expression of a tension of nerves, a detestable
evidence of the want of self-discipline and self-
culture. Still less do I refer to the cruelties
committed by monsters, sexual perverts, whose
brutal tendencies are stimulated by their dis-
ciplinary power and who use it to force their
victims to silence, as certain criminal trials
have shown.
I am only speaking of conscientious, amiable
parents and teachers who, with pain to them-
selves, fulfil what they regard as their duty
to the child. These are accustomed to adduce
the good effects of corporal disciphne as a
proof that it cannot be dispensed with. The
child by being whipped is, they say, not only
made good but freed from his evil character,
and shows by his whole being that this quick
and summary method of punishment has done
more than talks, and patience, and the slowly
working penalties of experience. Examples
are adduced to prove that only this kind of
punishment breaks down obstinacy, cures the
habit of lying and the like. Those who adopt
this system do not perceive that they have only
succeeded, through this momentarily effective
means, in repressing the external expression
of an evil will. They have not succeeded in
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