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I20 The Century of the Child
when they cannot show in their offspring all
the ready-made virtues required by society.
And so they drill their children, repressing in
childhood the natural instincts which will have
freedom when they are grown. People still
hardly realise how new human beings are
formed; therefore the old types constantly
repeat themselves in the same circle,—the jfine
young men, the sweet girls, the respectable
officials, and so on. And new types with
higher ideals,—travellers on unknown paths,
thinkers of yet unthought thoughts, people
capable of the crime of inaugurating new
ways,—such types rarely come into existence
among those who are well brought up.
Nature herself, it is true, repeats the main
types constantly. But she also constantly
makes small deviations. In this way different
species, even of the human race, have come
into existence. But man himself does not yet
see the significance of this natural law in his
own higher development. He wants the feel-
ings, thoughts, and judgments already stamped
with approval to be reproduced by each new
generation. So we get no new individuals,
but only more or less prudent, stupid, amiable,
or bad-tempered examples of the genus
man. The still living instincts of the
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