Excerpt from Collection of Pamphlets on Child Study, Psychology and Education It is repugnant to me to think of a child as a mere machine. From my stand-point, Rousseau. Who has well expressed the principle upon which child-psychology should rest. By cautioning us not to seek the man in the child. But to think of what he is before he becomes man. Said that the newly-born infant, fettered by imperfect and but halt-developed organs. Is a purely sensuous being who has not even the feeling or his own ex latence and with whom cries and movements are absolute mechanical circota. Destitute of knowledge and will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.