English boys are prouder, because they are freer. Their pride is born of liberty itself.
The former work more, the latter play more.
But comparisons are odious, especially when made between characters studied under such different circumstances.
What I can affirm is that a Frenchman need not fear that English boys (such as I have known at any rate) will take advantage of his shortcomings as regards his pronunciation of the English language to make his life uncomfortable. I have always found English boys charitable and generous.
A Frenchman will experience no difficulty in getting on with English schoolboys if his character wins their respect, and his kindness their affection; if he sympathizes with them in their difficulties; if he deals with them firmly, but always in a spirit of fair play, truth, and justice; if he is
"To their faults a little blind,
And to their virtues very kind."
THE END.