The other impresses upon him the great principle of human
social life, that when our pleasure causes displeasure to
others, other people hinder us from following our pleasures; or
withdraw themselves from the exercise of our self-will. It is
necessary that small children should accustom themselves to
good behaviour at table, etc. If every time an act of
naughtiness is repeated, the child is immediately taken away,
he will soon learn that whoever is disagreeable to others must
remain alone. Thus a right application is made of a right
principle. Small children, too, must learn not to touch what
belongs to other people. If every time anything is touched
without permission, children lose their freedom of action one
way or another, they soon learn that a condition of their free
action is not to injure others.

It is quite true, as a young mother remarked, that empty
Japanese rooms are ideal places in which to bring up children.
Our modern crowded rooms are, so far as children are concerned,
to be condemned. During the year in which the real education of
the child is proceeding by touching, tasting, biting, feeling,
and so on, every moment he is hearing the cry, "Let it alone."
For the temperament of the child as well as for the development
of his powers, the best thing is a large, light nursery,
adorned with handsome lithographs, wood-cuts, and so on,
provided with some simple furniture, where he may enjoy the
fullest freedom of movement. But if the child is there with his
parents and is disobedient, a momentary reprimand is the best
means to teach him to reverence the greater world in which the
will of others prevails, the world in which the child certainly
can make a place for himself but must also learn that every