fault finding, n.All

Fault-finding (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠sometimes grow, even in a hated child, into useful criticism.

Fault-finding (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the doubter's way of judging humanity without ever doing anything useful for those with whom he lives.

Fault-finding (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be the hated child's constant tendency, and may be developed in the direction of useful criticism.

Fault-finding (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the child's hunt for weak spots in his rulers comes not from spite but from wanting to escape a disagreeable control, though the habit grows into spite.

Fault-finding (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no resources to show — I can show you the resources you have for courage; now you show me the resources you have for complaint.

Fault-finding (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where education begins and the uneducated stay; it is easy to call something superstition, infinitely harder to grasp the truth in it — full education sees the positive in everything.