“Do your people never, in anger, disappointment or unusual depression or excitement, injure others, or trespass upon their rights?” “Occasionally;” they admitted, sadly. “And the punishment?” We were most curious to learn the treatment of evil among the good. “If it be fully proved, before the officials, one has committed a really flagrant offense, he is uniformed in red, as a symbol of materialistic domination, and sent to the School of Philosophy, where the Sages meet for discussions. Your Socrates was a philosopher of their class. There, he has the best possible atmosphere in which to recognize and correct his faults. “During this term of reformation, his parents, if still in the flesh, usually wear mourning, from choice, in recognition of their own shortcomings during his conception or earlier years.” “How long is this term of punishment?” “Not punishment; development; we consider it the Second Childhood. The time varies from one to six months of your counting. “We have only one bad case on our records,” they added proudly. “Are you allowed to state the facts?” “It is of public record and History: A father knocked down his own son—because he kicked him.” “Kicked his father?” “Yes; poor little fellow!” “Surely the boy should be punished;—not the father?” After a startled glance of indignation, which quickly faded into pity, they continued: “Children inherit all physical tendencies from their physical parents. In the case under discussion, the lad received vicious inclinations from the father, who had, however, so controlled his temper as to successfully pass all ante-marriage tests. “Had he taught that son by example the self-discipline he so well understood, the boy would never have disgraced us. “Through whose neglect was the boy injured? Clearly the father’s. The mother was also considered at fault, to this extent: “Through a mistaken charity, a desire to shield her beloved from criticism, she had endured, without complaint several outbreaks previous to the one reported; for this she resigned, temporarily, her maternal rights and colors. Our future generations must be protected at any cost.” “Then she finally delivered him over for the sake of the future?” “The offense was committed in the field and was reported by the Agent, as it should have been by whomever witnessed the relapse. “All feared the most disastrous effect upon our community. You may not fully understand that such manifestations act as carrion, attracting from lower atmospheres those ravenous thought-creatures, bred by evil-doers, and called by some of your inspired writers, ‘Elementals’, who swarm around unhealthy humanity, endangering the welfare of every sensitive organism within their reach, in their senseless frenzy to prolong a shadowy and useless existence. “Bereft of filth, they gradually lose their electrical vitality and power to harm; and finally disintegrate into crude matter.