He will say and do all that you can wish when he is wrong, but as for the word _pardon_, he never pronounces it without tears and infinite difficulty.
"I have always accustomed my children to have great confidence in me, and, when they have done wrong, to tell me themselves; and then, when I scold them, this enables me to appear pained and afflicted at what they have done rather than angry.

I have accustomed them all to regard 'yes' or 'no,' once uttered by me, as irrevocable; but I always give them reasons for my decision, suitable to their ages, to prevent their thinking that my decision comes from ill-humor.

My son can not read, and he is very slow at learning; but he is too giddy to apply.

He has no pride in his heart, and I am very anxious that he should continue to feel so.

Our children always learn soon enough what they are.