Chapter V. _of Ethology, or the Science of the Formation of

Character._

§ 1. The Empirical Laws of Human Nature 445

2. --are merely approximate generalizations. The universal laws are those of the formation of character 447

3. The laws of the formation of character cannot be ascertained by observation and experiment 449

4. --but must be studied deductively 454

5. The Principles of Ethology are the axiomata media of mental science 455

6. Ethology characterized 459