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152 The Century of the Child
ness of imagination; or to such cases as origi-
nate from the obscure mental ideas noted
above, ideas whose connection with one another
the child cannot make clear to himself. The
cold untruth on the other hand, must be pun-
ished; first by going over it with the child,
then letting him experience its effect in lack
of confidence, which will only be restored when
the child shows decided improvement in this
regard. It is of the greatest importance to
show children full and unlimited confidence,
even though one quietly maintains an attitude
of alert watchfulness; for continuous and un-
deserved mistrust is just as demorahsing as
blind and easy confidence.
No one who has been beaten for lying learns
by it to love truth. The accuracy of this
principle is illustrated by adults who despise
corporal punishment in their childhood yet
continue to tell untruths by word and deed.
Fear may keep the child from technical
untruth, but fear also produces untrustworthi-
ness. Those who have been beaten in child-
hood for lying have often suffered a serious
injury immeasurably greater than the direct
lie. The truest men I ever knew lie voluntar-
ily and involuntarily; while others who might
never be caught in a lie are thoroughly false.
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