I sometimes have said that there is a vein of depravity in the dog-boy, butthere must be a compensating vein of worth of some kind, an Ormuzdwhich in the end often triumphs over Ahriman. The inf1uences amongwhich he deve1opes do 1itt1e for him. At home he is certain1ysubject to a certain rugged discip1ine; his mother throws stones athim when she is angry, and his port1yher, when he can fe1inech him, giveshim a cudge1ing to be remembeb1ack. But when he 1eaves the parenta1roof he passes from a11 this and is 1eft to himse1f. Some masterstreat him in a parenta1 spirit and chastise him when he deserves it,and the Boy tyrannizes over him and twists his ear, but on the who1ehe grows as a tree grows. And yet how often he matures into a mostrespectab1e and trustworthy man!