He learns to appreciate for the first time that the natural impulses may not be the noblest, and that custom may not be an ideal guide.

His soul is astir with the problem of life--the result very largely depends upon the solutions that are presented to him.

Perhaps the naturalistic solution is made to appeal to him, and he is taught to trust nature and it will lead him aright.

Or maybe the pantheistic theory is accepted by him, and he is led to believe that the world as it is is entirely good, and that he has but to live his life from day to day, and not worry himself about the ultimate end and purpose of things.

Or other optimistic theories of life that deny the existence of evil may influence him.