...to the parent, the tutor, and the ftatelman : ' Oppreffion and terror necefTarily produce meannefc and deceit in all climates, and in all ages ; and...wherever fear is the governing motive in education, we muft expect to find in children a propeniity to diffimulation, if not confirmed habits of falfehood....

...and the ftatefman: ' Oppreffion and terror neccflarily produce meannefs and deceit in all climate;, and in all ages; and wherever fear is the governing motive in education, we muft expeft to find in children a propenfity to difliimi!:ition, if not confirmed balms of faliehood....

...cowardice and falsehood after they become slaves. When they first come from Africa many of them show " a frank " and fearless temper;"* but all distinction...the language of inborn truth ; in the whining tone, iu the pitiful evasions, in the stubborn falsehoods which you hear from the * Edward's History of the...

...cowardice and falsehood after they become slaves. When they first come from Africa, many of them show " a frank and fearless temper ;"* but all distinction...at the true-born Briton under the government of a * Edwards's History of the West Indies, vol. ii. tyrannical pedagogue, and listen to the language of...

...the tyrannical, and those who are strangers to human nature. An eminent author observes that — " Oppression and terror necessarily produce meanness...dissimulation, if not confirmed habits of falsehood. When individuals are oppressed, or when they believe they are oppressed, they combine against their...

...lie about the matter. Sorrah much it rained yesterday after twelve o'clock, barring a few showers.' " Oppression and terror necessarily produce meanness...all ages; and wherever fear is the governing motive of education, we must expect to find in children a propensity to dissimulation, if not confirmed habits...

...He about the matter. Sorrah much it rained yesterday after twelve o'clock, barring a few showers.' " Oppression and terror necessarily produce meanness...all ages; and wherever fear is the governing motive of education, we must expect to find in children a propensity to dissimulation, if not confirmed habits...

...taught to feel by hard experience' [my italics] . Slaves are likewise fearful of answering questions: 'Oppression and terror necessarily produce meanness...propensity to dissimulation, if not confirmed habits of falsehood.'3 This wariness of the potential perversion of truthfulness by authority pervades Edgeworth's...

...national characteristic?' In short, it is absolute disempowerment which makes truthfulness perilous: 'Oppression and terror necessarily produce meanness and deceit in all climates, and in all ages.' When the child, or the citizen, feels free to speak the truth, in the company of equals, he does so:...