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law of evolution? Each hereditary character
is a law, but it is subject to development
and to decay. Each habit of an individual is
a law; but these laws are modified so easily
by the operation of self-control, that it is one of
the most patent of facts that ideals and thought
generally have a very great influence on human
conduct. That truth and justice are great
powers in the world is no figure of speech,
but a plain fact to which theories must
accommodate themselves.

The child, with his wonderful genius for
language, naturally looks upon the world as
chiefly governed by thought; for thought and expression are really one.
As Wordsworth truly says, the child is quite right in this;