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for   some   ten   days   on   her   back�察�so that the strained   but   not broken little 

body might recover itself。          Every movement was�察�in a measure�察�painful�察�

and   there   was   a   long   captivity�察  �a   helplessness   enforced   and   guarded   by 

twinges�察�a constant impossibility to yield to the one thing that had carried 

her through all her years impulse。            A condition of acute consciousness 

was    imposed      upon   a  creature    whose    first  condition    of   life  had  been 

unconsciousness�察�and this during the long period of ten of a child's days 

and nights at eight years old。 

     Yet   during   every   hour   of   the   time   the   child   was   not   only   gay   but 

patient�察�not fitfully�察�but steadily�察�resigned�察�sparing of requests�察�reluctant to 

be   served�察  �inventive   of   tender   and   pious   little   words   that   she   had   never 

used   before。     ;You   are   exquisite   to   me�察  �mother�察─  �she   said�察  �at   receiving 

some common service。 

     Even in the altering and harassing conditions of fever�察�a generous child 

assumes   the   almost   incredible   attitude   of   deliberate   patience。   Not   that 

illness is to be trusted to work so。         There is another child who in his brief 

indispositions becomes invincible�察 �armed against   medicine finally。                   The 

last appeal to force�察�as his distracted elders find�察�is all but an impossibility�察�

but in any case it would be a failure。          You can bring the spoon to the child�察�

but three nurses cannot make him  drink。               This�察�then�察�is the occasion   of 



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the   ultimate   resistance。    He   raises   the   standard   of   revolution�察  �and   casts 

every tradition and every precept to the wind on which it flies。                   He has 

his elders at a disadvantage�察�for if they pursue him with a grotesque spoon 

their   maxims   and   commands   are�察  �at   the   moment�察  �still   more   grotesque。 

He   is   committed   to   the   wild   novelty   of   absolute   refusal。  He   not   only 

refuses�察�moreover�察�he disbelieves�察�he throws everything over。                    Told that 

the medicine is not so bad�察�this nihilist laughs。 

     Medicine   apart�察  �a   minor   ailment   is   an    interest   and   a   joy。 ;Am   I 

unwell to´day�察�mother�拭─�asks a child with all his faith and confidence at 

the highest point。 



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                     THE YOUNG CHILD 



     The infant of literature ;wails; and wails feebly�察�with the invariability 

of a thing unproved and taken for granted。              Nothing�察�nevertheless�察�could 

be more unlike a wail than the most distinctive cry whereon the child of 

man catches his first breath。        It is a hasty�察�huddled outcry�察�sharp and brief�察�

rather deep than shrill in tone。        With all deference to old moralities�察�man 

does not weep at beginning this world�察�he simply lifts up his new voice 

much as do the birds in the Zoological Gardens�察�and with much the same 

tone as some of the duck kind there。            He does not weep for some months 

to come。      His outcry soon becomes the human cry that is better  known 

than loved�察 �but tears   belong to later  infancy。         And   if   the  infant   of   days 

neither wails nor weeps�察�the infant of months is still too young to be gay。 

A child's mirth�察�when at last it begins�察�is his first secret�察�you understand 

little of it。   The first smile ��for the convulsive movement in sleep that is 

popularly adorned by that name is not a smile�� is an uncertain sketch of a 

smile�察   �unpractised     but   unmistakable。      It  is  accompanied       by   a  single 

sounda sound that would be a monosyllable if it were articulatewhich 

is   the   utterance�察  �though   hardly   the   communication�察  �of   a   private   jollity。 

That and that alone is the real beginning of human laughter。 

     From the end of the first fortnight in life�察�when it appears for the first 

time�察�and as it were flickeringly�察�the child's smile begins to grow definite 

and�察�gradually�察�more frequent。          By very slow degrees the secrecy passes 

away�察�and the dryness becomes more genial。                The child now smiles more 

openly�察�but he is still very unlike the laughing creature of so much prose 

and   verse。    His laughter   takes   a   long time   to   form。    The   monosyllable 

grows   louder�察  �and   then   comes   to   be   repeated   with   little   catches   of   the 

breath。     The humour upon which he learns to laugh is that of something 

which     approaches     him   quickly   and    then   withdraws。     This    is  the  first 

intelligible jest of jesting man。 

     An   infant   never   meets   your   eyes�察  �he   evidently   does   not   remark   the 

features     of    faces    near    him。     Whether        because     of   the    greater 

conspicuousness   of   dark   hair   or   dark   hat�察  �or   for   some   like   reason�察  �he 



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addresses his looks�察�his laughs�察�and apparently his criticism�察�to the heads�察�

not the faces�察�of his friends。       These are the ways of all infants�察�various in 

character�察�parentage�察�race�察�and colour�察�they do the same things。               There are 

turns    in  a  kitten's  playarched     leapings   and   sidelong    jumps�察   �graceful 

rearings and grotesque dances´ ´which the sacred kittens of Egypt used in 

their time。     But not more alike are these repetitions than the impulses of 

all young children learning to laugh。 

     In regard to the child of a somewhat later growth�察�we are told much of 

his effect upon the world�察�not much of the effect of the world upon him。 

Yet he is compelled to endure the reflex results�察�at least�察�of all that pleases�察�

distresses�察�or oppresses the world。 That he should be obliged to suffer the 

moods of men is a more important thing than that men should be amused 

by his moods。       If he is saddened�察�that is certainly much more than that his 

elders should be gladdened。          It is doubtless hardly possible that children 

should go altogether free of human affairs。             They might�察�in mere justice�察�

be spared the burden they bear ignorantly and simply when it is laid upon 

them�察�of such events and ill fortunes as may trouble our peace�察�but they 

cannot easily be spared the hearing of a disturbed voice or the sight of an 

altered face。     Alas� �they are made to feel money´ matters�察�and even this is 

not the worst。      There are unconfessed worldliness�察�piques�察�and rivalries�察�

of which they do not know the names�察�but which change the faces where 

they   look    for  smiles。   To    such   alterations   children    are  sensitive   even 

when     they   seem    least  accessible    to  the  commands�察     �the  warnings�察    �the 

threats�察   �or  the  counsels     of  elders。   Of    all  these   they   may    be   gaily 

independent�察�and yet may droop when their defied tyrants are dejected。 

     For  though   the  natural   spirit   of   children   is   happy�察 �the  happiness is   a 

mere impulse and is easily disconcerted。             They are gay without knowing 

any very sufficient reason for being so�察�and when sadness is�察�as it were�察�

proposed to them�察�things fall away from under their feet�察�they are helpless 

and find no   stay。     For this   reason   the merriest   of   all children   are  those�察�

much pitied�察�who are brought up neither in a family nor in a public home 

by paid guardians�察�but in a place of charity�察�rightly named�察�where impartial�察�

unalterable�察�and impersonal devotion has them in hand。                 They endure an 

immeasurable loss�察�and are orphans�察�but they gain in perpetual gaiety�察�they 



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live in an unchanging temperature。              The separate nest is nature's�察�and the 

best�察  �but   it   might   be   wished   that   the   separate   nest   were   less   subject   to 

moods。      The nurse has her private business�察�and when it does not prosper�察�

and when the remote affairs of the governess go wrong�察�the child receives 

the ultimate vibration of the mishap。 

     The   uniformity   of   infancy   passes       away   long   before   the    age   when 

children have this indefinite suffering inflicted upon them�察�and they have 

become infinitely various�察�and feel the consequences of the cares of their 

elders in unnumbered degrees。             The most charming children feel them the 

most sensibly�察�and not with resentment but with sympathy。                   It is assuredly 
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