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

in the absence of resentment that consists the virtue of childhood。                    What 

other thing are we to learn of them�拭            �Not simplicity�察�for they are intricate 

enough。      Not gratitude�察�for their usual sincere thanklessness makes   half 

the   pleasure   of   doing   them   good。     Not   obedience�察  �for   the   child   is   born 

with the love of liberty。         And as for humility�察�the boast of a child is the 

frankest   thing   in   the   world。    A  child's   natural   vanity   is   not   merely   the 

delight in his own possessions�察�but the triumph over others less fortunate。 

If   this   emotion   were   not   so   young   it   would   be   exceedingly   unamiable。 

But the truth must be confessed that having very quickly learnt the value 

of comparison and relation�察�a child rejoices in the perception that what he 

has   is   better   than   what   his   brother   has�察  �this   comparison   is   a   means   of 

judging his fortune�察�after all。        It is true that if his brother showed distress�察�

he   might   make   haste   to   offer   an   exchange。     But   the   impulse   of   joy   is 

candidly egotistic。 

     It is the sweet and entire forgiveness of children�察�who ask pity for their 

sorrows from those who have caused them�察�who do not perceive that they 

are wronged�察�who never dream that they are forgiving�察�and who make no 

bargain for apologiesit is this that men and women are urged to learn of a 

child。     Graces      more    confessedly      childlike    they   make    shift   to  teach 

themselves。 



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                       FAIR AND BROWN 



     George   Eliot�察  �in   one   of   her  novels�察  �has   a   good´natured   mother�察  �who 

confesses   that   when   she   administers   justice   she   is   obliged   to   spare   the 

offenders   who have   fair   hair�察  �because   they  look   so   much   more   innocent 

than the rest。      And if this is the state of maternal feelings where all are 

more   or   less   fair�察  �what   must   be   the   miscarriage   of   justice   in   countries 

where a BLOND angel makes his infrequent visit within the family circle�拭�

     In England he is the rule�察�and supreme as a matter of course。                    He is 

;English�察─     �and   best�察 �as  is  the   early   asparagus    and    the  young    potato�察�

according      to  the   happy    conviction     of  the   shops。    To    say   ;child;    in 

England   is   to   say   ;fair´haired   child�察─  �even   as   in   Tuscany   to   say   ;young 

man; is to say ;tenor。;         ;I have a little party to´night�察�eight or ten tenors�察�

from neighbouring palazzi�察�to meet my English friends。; 

     But France is a greater enthusiast than our now country。                 The fairness 

and the golden hair are here so much a matter of orthodoxy�察�that they are 

not always mentioned�察�they are frequently taken for granted。                     Not so in 

France�察�the French go out of their way to make the exceptional fairness of 

their children the rule of their literature。          No French child dare show his 

face in a bookprose or poetrywithout blue eyes and fair hair。                    It is a 

thing about which the French child of real life can hardly escape a certain 

sensitiveness。      What�察�he may ask�察�is the use of being a dark´haired child 

of   fact�察  �when   all   the   emotion�察  �all   the   innocence�察  �all   the   romance�察  �are 

absorbed by the flaxen´haired child of fiction�拭              �How deplorable that our 

mothers�察�the French infants may say�察�should have their unattained ideals in 

the    nurseries    of   the   imagination�察     �how    dismal    that   they   should     be 

perpetually      disillusioned    in   the  nurseries    of   fact�   �Is   there   then    no 

sentiment   for   us�拭  �they   may   ask。   Will   not   convention�察  �which   has   been 

forced     to  restore   the  advantage     to  truth   on  so   many    other   points�察  �be 

compelled to yield on this point also�察�and reconcile our aunts to the family 

colouring�拭�

     All   the   schools    of  literature   are   in  a  tale。   The     classic   masters�察�

needless to say�察�do not stoop to the colouring of boys and girls�察�but as soon 



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as the Romantiques arise�察�the cradle is there�察�and no soft hair ever in it that 

is not of some tone of gold�察�no eyes that are not blue�察�and no cheek that is 

not white and pink as milk and roses。              Victor Hugo�察�who discovered the 

child   of   modern   poetry�察  �never   omits   the   touch   of   description�察  �the   word 

BLOND is as inevitable as any epithet marshalled to attend its noun in a 

last´ century poet's dictionary。        One would not have it away�察�one can hear 

the caress   with   which the  master   pronounces it�察  �making   his   mouth�察─  �as 

Swift did for his ;little language。;          Nor does the customary adjective fail 

in   later  literature。    It  was    dear   to  the   Realist�察  �and   it  is  dear  to  the 

Symbolist。       The only difference is that in the French of the Symbolist it 

precedes the noun。 

     And yet it is time that the sweetness of the dark child should have its 

day。    He   is   really   no   less   childlike   than   the   other。 There   is   a   pretty 

antithesis between the strong effect of his colouring and the softness of his 

years   and    of   his  months。    The     blond   human     being   man�察    �woman     or 

childhas the beauty of harmony�察�the hair plays off from the tones of the 

flesh�察�only a few degrees brighter or a few degrees darker。                    Contrast of 

colour there is�察�in the blue of the eyes�察�and in the red of cheek and lip�察�but 

there   is   no   contrast   of   tone。 The   whole   effect   is   that   of   much   various 

colour and of equal tone。          In the dark face there is hardly any colour and 

an    almost   complete     opposition     of  tone。    The    complete     opposition�察   �of 

course�察�would be black and white�察�and a beautiful dark child comes near to 

this�察�but for the lovely modifications�察�the warmth of his white�察�and of his 

black alike�察�so that the one tone�察�as well as the other�察�is softened towards 

brown。      It is the beauty of contrast�察�with a suggestion of harmonyas it 

were a beginning of harmonywhich is infinitely lovely。 

     Nor is the dark child lacking in variety。          His radiant eyes range from a 

brown so bright that it looks golden in the light�察�to a brown so dark that it 

barely defines the pupil。         So is his hair various�察�answering the sun with 

unsuspected   touches�察  �not   of   gold   but   of   bronze。     And   his   cheek   is   not 

invariably pale。       A dusky rose sometimes lurks there with such an effect 

of vitality as you will hardly get from the shallower pink of the flaxened 

haired。     And the suggestion is that of late summer�察�the colour of   wheat 

almost     ready   for   the  harvest�察  �and   darker�察  �redder    flowerspoppies      and 



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others than come in Spring。 

     The   dark   eyes�察  �besides�察  �are   generally   brighterthey   shelter   a   more 

liquid   light   than   the   blue   or   grey。 Southern   eyes   have   generally   most 

beautiful   whites。      And   as   to   the   charm   of   the   childish   figure�察  �there   is 

usually  an   infantine  slenderness   in   the little   Southener  that   is   at least   as 

young   and   sweet   as   the   round   form   of   the   blond   child。     And   yet   the 

painters of Italy would have none of it。             They rejected the dusky brilliant 

pale little Italians all about them�察�they would have none but flaxen´haired 

children�察�and they would have nothing that was slim�察�nothing that was thin�察�

nothing that was shadowy。             They rejoiced in much fair flesh�察�and in all 

possible freshness。        So it was in fair Flanders as well as in dark Italy。 But 

so it was not in Spain。          The Pyrenees seemed to interrupt the tradition。 

And as Murillo saw the charm of dark heads�察�and the innocence of dark 

eyes�察  �so   did   one   English   painter。   Reynolds   painted   young   dark   hair   as 

tenderly as the youngest gold。 



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                      REAL CHILDHOOD 



     The    world    is  old   because     its  history   is  made     up   of  successive 

childhoods and of their impressions。            Your hou
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