THE JUDGE

    SAY of him what you please, but I know my child's failings.

    I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my little child.

    How should you know how dear he can be when you try to weigh his merits¹ against his faults？

    When I must punish him he becomes all the more a part of my being.

    When I cause his tears to come my heart weeps with him.

    I alone have a right to blame and punish, for he only may chastise² who loves.