Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-04
HUMAN NATURE.

Prof. IyombroHo, who IL rcgafaon NA
hlrh authority ON criminal matters mas
recently turned his attention TO the
study Of children. Ills diHoovcfirn'
oven " originality can hardly he
claimed for them. arc % special inter-
est TO parents and teachers.
The italian criminologint nnda That
the true moral sense Il wanting IN
children during the frst few years ~
childhood and that when they are old
enough TO recognize the offccia or ae-
,ionn. their standard n usually what
ever the father OF the mother permits
or forhlia. ~ general rule Lom-
broao observes that the child prefers
wrong " right. aud that vanity ana
vice manifest themselves aa strongly
as In their elders. Al the infantile
period 10 passed through BY the normal
chiid. and II approaches adolescence
Il puts on a now llte aud moves 10 a
higher plane uut there are unfortu-
nntcly child monsters who never pass
10 the higher planes N existence. such
constitute that abnormal class % de-
generates who now and then display
their innate characters By tho CONE
mission of atrocities and obnoonitlca
which shock all tho better feelings VI
human nature There n a degenerate
criminal type. and this type a. found
Ia childhood DEVELOPS along certain
lines Into the adult rascalu who infcst
the congcstod places In cities
The observations of t.0mhr1Ho are
made substantially by other inycntlga-
tors. too Perez demonstrated the
frequency aud the prooooity % angor
In children. and this IL confirmed by
observation % babies and small chill
dren almost every hour ~ tho day,
Eminent authorities testify g. the move
ments u the eyebrows and tho real
nts Of rage manifested BY infants when
only two months old. and frequently
before they are twelve months old they
win strike 90 those about them. make
efforts 90 break dishes or % throw OBJ
iccta at mnmmar or nurses acting pre-
ciaely as sayagys do. Michael M0n.
tnigne said that lying and obatInacy
grow Ia children just as their bodies
growi and only Few years since.
President Stanley Han boldly asserted
that an children are liars.
II Il exceedingly interesting to notice
Ia this connection that the contention
OF some modern philosophers that hu.
man beings by nature are good and boz
come Inclined 10 oUl as thoy later on
In llfo arc surrounded by corupung
influences nnds no support DO lmpar.
tlnl scientific investigation; nor does
Plato's idea that tho mind u "a child
Il "A blank sheet upon which the edu-
Gator II at liberty o. luafdbc whatever
characters he ohlrcs. ON the contrary
the old.faahi1nod doctrine II human
deprayity, hunniatng 40 II may be 10
the pride of man, n amply sustained
BY such investigation
Lombroso points out that thore are
certain signs whch indicate unmiH-
taxable criminal tendencies, The DUTY
Of the educator should be- 90 study
these signs until he knows them ana
is f9uHliar with their meaning Then
he can act intelllgcntly as "a rcformer.
II for Instance child docs wrong, but
Il has no percelyuble special character
iHtics 81 tho criminal, tho teacher or
parent may rest assured that tho
vicious tendency 10 trunsltory, There
Is no cause Tor alarm, But Il che
phyaieel charao,eltatleH are consplcuous
and continue TO be more pronounced.
and the misdeeds grow more and more