In order not to pursue chimeras let us not forget what is appropriate to our situation. Humanity has its place in the order of things; childhood has its in the order of human life. The man must be considered in the man, and the child in the child. To assign each his place and settle him in it. to order the human passions according to man’s constitution is all that we can do for his well-being. The rest depends on alien causes which are in no way in our power.[Assigner à chacun sa place et l’y fixer, ordonner les passions humaines selon la constitution de l’homme, est tout ce que nous pouvons faire pour son bien-être. Le reste dépend de causes étrangères qui ne sont point en notre pouvoir.]