CHARACTER AND CONDUCT
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
Sir E. J. POYNTER, Bart., P.R.A.
This picture represents a Roman Guard on duty at one of the palaces during the destruction of Herculanæum, who, although he might perhaps have made his escape prefers to remain at his post, faithful unto death.
CHARACTER AND
CONDUCT
A BOOK OF HELPFUL THOUGHTS BY
GREAT WRITERS OF PAST AND
PRESENT AGES
SELECTED AND ARRANGED FOR DAILY
READING BY THE AUTHOR OF
"BEING AND DOING"
WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY
SIR E. J. POYNTER, Bart., P.R.A.
LIVERPOOL
HENRY YOUNG & SONS
LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & Co. Ltd.
1905
First Edition, 2000 copies, printed November 1904
Second Edition, 1000 copies, printed December 1904
TO
E. K.
"It is more men that the world wants, not more systems. It is character that our modern life waits for, to redeem and transform it; and conduct as the fruitage of character."
The Citizen in his Relation to the Industrial Situation,
Bishop Potter.