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affection, and in this way the full, free nature of affection is lessened. Never ask another to fulfil a duty for love's sake, but for the sake of right. Love is broad, but right glorifies it, and in every act of affection there should be a foundation of right. Parents and children, brothers and sisters, and friends, should never appeal to each other to remit any of the individuality of each with the words, "for my sake." Give it up if it is right; retain it if it is right. There are, however, questions of expediency which often must be settled for the young by an appeal to their affection. Only by development of the moral and intellectual nature, of mechanical skill and of religious trust, can all sides of the individual be rounded into that graceful freedom of action which leaves to others as much space as it demands for itself.

In a family, the grown-up sons and daughters who possess strong individualism do not always have the opportunity to learn through their own experience. The very breakfast