His reasoning was of this, "I reasoned that Chinese philosophy as the root of education was responsible for our obvious shortcomings," he reasoned within himself that Confucianism discouraged independent thought and studies in number and reason in the material culture. ... Though very well disciplined, Fukuzawa's students never really got too out of line. ... When Fukuzawa noticed this he asked the man what was the reasoning behind the scribbles and the young man insisted that this was not his work. ...

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Next in line after first borns and only children, of course, are the middle born children. ... Because they are often in the middle of conflict (between other siblings) they quickly develop good reasoning and compromising skills that later come to use with friends. ...

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