Until some one can prove to him
that his mother was not a harlot, he'll never be entirely normal. And
it's been my observation that one of the most fundamentally weakening
things for a boy's character is his not being able to respect his
father or mother. Luigi caught Enoch when his mind was like modeling
clay."
"Do you think you can clear the matter up?" asked Frank.
"I'll try my utmost. It's going to be hard, for Foley's no fool, and
he's done a lot of work on it with no results. If I don't settle the
matter, Enoch is going to be hag-ridden by Minetta Lane all his life.
I know of a chap who was lame for twenty years because when he was
about ten, he had a series of extraordinarily vivid dreams portraying a
curious accident that he was not able to distinguish from actual
happenings. It was not until he was a man and had accidentally come in
contact with a psychologist who analyzed the thing down to facts for
him that he was cured. I could cite you a hundred cases like this
where the crippling was mental as well as physical. And nothing but an
absolute and tangible proof of the falsity of the idea will make a
cure. Some day there are going to be doctors who will handle nothing
but ideas."
"The boy's worth saving!" Frank lighted his pipe thoughtfully.
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