The tactfulness which their life of self-expression, and therefore of trained perception, tends to engender, is another.

But the moral aspect of Utopianism is one of such surpassing interest, and also of such profound significance from the point of view of my fundamental "truism," that I must limit myself for the moment to this passing reference to it, and reserve it for fuller treatment in the remaining chapters.
I could easily make a long list of Utopian virtues and graces, but I must content myself with touching on one more typical product of Egeria's philosophy of education,--the joy which the children wear in their faces and bear in their hearts.

The sense of well-being which must needs accompany healthy and harmonious growth is realised by him who experiences it as joy.

The Utopian children are by many degrees the happiest that I have met with in an elementary school, and I must therefore conclude that all is well with them, that their well-being--the true end of all education--has been, and is being, achieved.

If you look at any of them with more than a mere passing glance, you will be sure to win from him the quick response of a sunny smile,--a smile which is half gladness, half goodwill.