ETHOLOGY • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Ethology

... a father, acting on false dogmas adopted without examination, has alienated his sons, driven them into rebellion by his harsh treatment, ruined them, and made himself miserable; he might reflect that the study of Ethology would have been worth pursuing, even at the cost of knowing nothing about AEschylus. When a mother is mourning over a first-born that has sunk under the sequelae of scarlet-fever—when perhaps a candid medical man has confirmed her suspicion that her child would have recovered ...

— Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects - Everyman's Library • Herbert Spencer