'1. I will fulfil my duties towards myself. My duties towards my body are, cleanliness, sobriety, temperance, precaution against the inclemency of the seasons, exercise.
'2. I will fulfil my duties towards my soul by continuing to educate myself, and by combating all bad passions.
'3. I will not do to another that which I would not that he should do to me.
'4. I will not do him wrong, either by striking him, or robbing him, or deceiving him, or lying to him, or by breaking my promise, or by speaking evil of him, or by calumniating him.
'5. I will do to another that which I should wish him to do to me.
'6. I will love him, I will be grateful, exact, discreet, charitable.'
Very good resolutions these, but one cannot avoid the thought that the little scholar might estimate 3 and 5 not the less, perhaps the more, if informed of the life and character of Him who first spoke these apparent simple rules in such a manner as to impress them upon the heart of the world. Would not all the resolutions gain strength from the belief that duty towards God is the true spring of duty towards our neighbours and ourselves, and that the grace of God is necessary to make the best resolutions practically operative in the life?
We will now give our readers a specimen of the tales by which the lessons of the manual are illustrated and enforced. It shall be taken from the section entitled Society, the second subsection of which is as follows:—
'Freedom of Labour.
'In France; labour is free; every one employs, as he pleases, his intelligence and his arms.