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Surely, neither the knowledge of child about the breakableand non- breakable vessels and the manner of keeping them for minimizing the possibility of falling down and being broken, and decreasing their slip and load on the fingers is sufficient, and nor, even if he knows all of these subjects, he has adequate scientific experience on that matter, and supposing that both his science and experience are sufficient, his physical power is little.

Therefore, if at present we are more skillful in keeping thesevessels, it is just for the several experiences and examinations ofour childhood, because childhood is the period of trial andacquiring knowledge about the environment with which man hasno familiarity.

And if we put ourselves instead of that child, with the samelittle knowledge and skill, most of his deeds being considered asa great sin and offence by us, are neither a sin, nor an offence!

The same is true about the adults. Some habitudes of myfriend may be unfavorable in my view, and I may decide ondiscontinuing my friendship, but when I consider theeducational environment of my friend, and attach his spiritualst ructure to it, and take into account his mental history, I findthat I would do the same if I was instead of him.

My neighbour speaks loudly and disturbs me. When Iconsider the basis of his sciences and structure of his larynx, nerves, and degree of sensibility of his eardrums, I see thatalthough he is blameful, but his fault is not so great that I felt.

It should not be mistaken. We are not going to introducepeople faultless in all of their deeds in this way as theprede stinarians believe, and consider spiritual, physical andoutward factors as the cause of everything.

On the other hand, hereby we are not going to deny necessity