general problems of life, is, and perhaps always must be, confined to a small minority even of the most intelligent populations. CHAPTER III SOCIABILITY AND PERSONAL IDEAS THE SOCIABILITY OF CHILDREN—IMAGINARY CONVERSATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE—THE NATURE OF THE IMPULSE TO COMMUNICATE—THERE IS NO SEPARATION BETWEEN REAL AND IMAGINARY PERSONS—NOR BETWEEN THOUGHT AND INTERCOURSE—THE STUDY AND INTERPRETATION OF EXPRESSION BY CHILDREN—THE SYMBOL OR SENSUOUS NUCLEUS OF PERSONAL IDEAS—PERSONAL PHYSIOGNOMY IN ART AND LITERATURE—IN THE IDEA OF SOCIAL GROUPS—SENTIMENT IN PERSONAL IDEAS—THE PERSONAL IDEA IS THE IMMEDIATE SOCIAL REALITY—SOCIETY MUST BE STUDIED IN THE IMAGINATION—THE POSSIBLE REALITY OF INCORPOREAL PERSONS—THE MATERIAL NOTION OF PERSONALITY CONTRASTED WITH THE NOTION BASED ON A STUDY OF PERSONAL IDEAS—SELF AND OTHER IN PERSONAL IDEAS—PERSONAL OPPOSITION—FURTHER ILLUSTRATION AND DEFENCE OF THE VIEW OF PERSONS AND SOCIETY HERE SET FORTH. To any but a mother a new-born child hardly seems human. It appears rather to be a strange little animal, wonderful indeed, exquisitely finished even to the finger-nails; mysterious, awakening a fresh sense of our ignorance of the nearest things of life, but not friendly, not lovable. It is only after some days that a kindly nature begins to express itself and to grow into something that can be sympathized with and personally cared for. The earliest signs of it are chiefly certain smiles and babbling sounds, which are a matter of fascinating observation to anyone interested in the genesis of social feeling.