Kindly words are but brief, and on an occasion. A reputation for kindness must be the growth of time and of many evidences. With the whole chapter, compare Ana., II. iii.
CHAPTER 1 5. BENEVOLENCE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE NATURAL TO MAN, PARTS OF HIS CONSTITUTION.
1. I translate 良 by "intuitive", but it serves also to denote the "goodness" of the nature of man. Choo He so defines it: 良者本然之善也.
2. 孩 is defined in the dict. by 小儿笑, "an infant smiling". When an infant has reached to this, then it is人所提挈, "taken by people in their arms".