"Short and Unconnected Sentences," The Writings of Elder John Leland p. 735 (1845)
When I was young, the mode of family discipline was as follows: The child committed a trespass—the parent took a rod to chastise with; when the child felt the smart, and began to cry, the parent would say to the child, “say you are sorry for what you have done, and promise that you will never do so again.” If the child responded, “I wish in my heart I had not done it, and I will never do so again,” the matter closed with one additional stroke to make the child remember his promise, which the child complied with until the next time. |
