Rousseau compared the spoiled child tyrant and his ideal pupil.  I read a paragraph from his Emile about the vain boy, raised and praised in the bosom of his family, and Rousseau’s independent and calm pupil.  The former’s desires have always been satisfied, “everything gave way to him,” and then, as a young man, how many hard lessons will lead to his withdrawal from the world.  

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