Translations:Victor of Aveyron/55/en

At any rate, if this subsequent effect did not take place, the first did not disappoint my expectation. After some time, our young savage appeared evidently sensible to the action of cold — made use of his hand in order to ascertain the temperature of the bath, and would not go into it if it was not sufficiently warm. The same cause led him very soon to appreciate the utility of that clothing, to which before he barely submitted. As soon as he appeared to perceive the advantage of clothes, there was hut a single step necessary to oblige him to dress himself. This end was obtained, in a few days, by leaving him every morning exposed to the cold within the reach of his clothes, until he found out the method of putting them on himself. An expedient very similar effected the purpose of leading him into habits of neatness and cleanliness; as the certainty of passing the night in a cold and wet bed induced the necessity of his rising in order to satisfy his natural wants.