Part 15 (1/2)

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As daylight can be seen through very ss will illustrate a person's character

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CHARACTER SHOULD NOT BE BELOW HOME STANDARD

Alexander Simpson, the elder brother of Sir James Simpson, watched over the boyhood of the latter with parental care When the social usages of the town and the prevalent freetemptations to the boy, Alexander would put his arm round his neck and tenderly warn him: ”Others may do this, but it would break a' our hearts and blast a' your prospects were ye to do it” After one such warning, ”Jareatly troubled, and cried nearly a' the nicht (night) like to break his heart” He obeyed the warning, and becah

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LITTLE THINGS

Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced in our social intercourse, give a greater charreat talents and accomplishments

--_Kelty_

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_Character_--After I have named the man, I need say no more

--_Pliny the Younger_

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Oaths are not the cause why a man is believed, but the character of a man is the cause why the oath is believed

--_Aeschylus_

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There is no ood, or extremely evil

--_Juvenalis_

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He who aspires to public position, offers his character for a football

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No character isof universal ad those who are in no condition of helping themselves