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Education 149
good. There is no lower example of hy-
pocrisy in human nature than this. It is true
the child may be sincere in other cases in say-
ing that he feels that through punishment he
has atoned for a fault which was weighing
upon his conscience. But this is really the
foundation of a false system of ethics, the
kind which still continues to be preached as
Christian, namely; that a fault may be atoned
for by sufferings which are not directly con-
nected with the fault. The basis of the new
morality is just the opposite as I have already
shown. It teaches that no fault can be atoned
for, that no one can escape the results of his
actions in any way.
Untruthfulness belongs to the faults which
the teacher thinks he must most frequently
punish with blows. But there is no case in
which this method is more dangerous.
When the much-needed guide-book for par-
ents is published, the well-known story of
George Washington and the hatchet must ap-
pear in it, accompanied by the remark which
a clever ten-year-old child added to the anec-
dote :" It is no trouble telling the truth when
one has such a kind father."
I formerly divided untruthfulness into un-
willing, shameless, and imaginative lies. A
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