"Not gold, but only men can make
A people great and strong.
Men who for truth and honour's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly—
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky."
But there is a boldness that acts on life like foxes in a garden.
It is seen in the rude, rough, saucy, forward girl or boy.
The boy who becomes a "smart Alec." Sometimes other boys call him "Smarty."
Or the girl who does not know how to blush; with no sense of shame. You can always tell them. She dresses loud, and laughs loud, and makes a fool of herself on the street; and he stares at you and acts impudently, and thinks he is manly.
They like to be looked at, and stare back.
They lack gentle, quiet refinement, and if that spirit grows, it will ruin the character and make the girl or boy disliked by everybody who cares for a gentleman or a lady; and in later years they will be ashamed.
Take a dictionary if you have one, and see the two uses of the word.
Bold—heroic, brave, gallant, courageous, fearless.
Bold—rude, without shame, impudent.
Which are you going to be?