The Scientific Study of Infant Intelligence

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Excerpt from The Scientific Study of Infant Intelligence: A LectureThis brings us to an important and most interesting part of our subject, that which relates to the moral development of infants, but it is not desirable, if it were possible, to dwell long on this branch of inquiry. Since the doctrines of total depravity and original sin were given up, it has been generally agreed that infants have come directly from Heaven and as cherubs without wings afford the nearest representation pos sible of the celestial inhabitants. The recorded observations throw a strong light on this attractive theory and clearly show that the moral sentiments of infants are as numerous and as lively as - as snakes in Ireland. The lamentable conclusion of all the authorities is that the less said on the subject the better for the feeling of all parties especially in view of the doctrine of heredity. As one writer expresses it, From two to four years of age children are transparent egotists, very self conscious and almost destitute of moral sense. Their parents are their moral law and then follows the natural inference, Even at five years of age their standard of morality is not high and is liable to frequent and serious relapses.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.