ABSTRACT
A child who is made to behave through fear of punishment may become so motivated by dread as to grow up into a pusillanimous character shorn of efficiency as well as contentment. In the presentation of the subject, several examples have been related in which fears have been dispelled. The little children who carried the sacrament from one group of Christians skulking in the catacombs to another overcame their fear of being killed by the Roman soldiery because they were animated by a great enthusiasm, and by the belief that the blood of the martyrs is the foundation of the Church. The emotion of fear is cast out by the intellectual fascination of research, by the ambition to accomplish or excel, or by the love of serving their fellow creatures. Fear may have bred such pernicious habits that a whole reeducation may have to be undertaken before the personality becomes adequate for proper living.
