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Show Politeness In Children. There is perhaps no grace so becoming in youthful humanity as true politeness. It is so beautiful that we look upon it with the same sort of delight that characterizes our contemplation of sublime. Youth is the best season in which to learn politeness, for there is [unreadable]. If care be taken in the education of children they grow into a natural exercise of this function, [unreadable]. …when it become more the assumption of a part than the beautiful outgrowth of a proper state of natural feeling. True politeness should be taught, and in such a manner, too, as to inculcate principles that should have their outward exhibition in a courteous demeanor. Much of our success in life, whatever our scholastic attainments, depends upon how we impress people. There are men today, whose minds are ripe in scholarly ability, whose every action, word, or tone, even, repels and they fail. They cannot see why, but the secret reason is that they are impolite - discourteous. Their methods of address are uncultivated and their usefulness in a measure destroyed, all of which might have been avoided in youth. Hawkeye. |