10. A Gentlemanly Lad.
My idea of a gentlemanly boy is a lad who treats every young woman as he would like his sister to be treated, and every older woman as he would wish his mother to be treated.—Selected.
11. A Series of Don’ts.
Don’t slight a boy because his home is plain and unpretending. Abraham Lincoln’s home was a log-cabin.
Don’t slight a boy because of the ignorance of his parents. Shakespeare, the world’s poet, was the son of a man who was unable to write his own name.
Don’t slight a boy because he chooses a humble trade. The author of Pilgrim’s Progress was a tinker.
Don’t slight a boy because of physical disability. Milton was blind.
Don’t slight a boy because of dullness in his lessons. Hogarth, the celebrated painter and engraver, was a stupid boy at his books.
Don’t slight any one. Not alone because some day they may far outstrip you in the race of life, but because it is neither right, nor kind, nor polite.—Selected.