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ISO The Century of the Child
short time ago I ran across a much better divi-
sion of lying ; first " cold " lies, that is, fully
conscious untruthfulness which must be
punished, and " hot ’*
lies; the expression of an
excited temperament or of a vigorous fancy.
I agree with the author of this distinction that
the last should not be punished but corrected,
though not with a pedantic rule of thumb
measure, based on how much it exceeds or falls
short of truth. It is to be cured by ridicule, a
dangerous method of education in general, but
useful when one observes that this type of un-
truthfulness threatens to develop into real un-
trustworthiness. In dealing with these faults
we are very strict towards children, so strict
that no lawyer, no politician, no journalist, no
poet, could exercise his profession if the same
standard were applied to them as to children.
The white lie is, as a French scientist has
shown, partly caused by pure morbidness,
partly through some defect in the conception.
It is due to an empty space, a dead point in
memory, or in consciousness, that produces a
defective idea or gives one no idea at all of
what has happened. In the affairs of every-
day life the adults are often mistaken as to
their intentions or acts. They may have for-
gotten about their actions, and it requires a
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