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Show COURTESY. Real courtesy is not a mere outside polish, a , mask assumed for a purpose, but is a product, a manifestation of the true feeling3 of the human ' heart. Hence Christian courtesy can neither flour- 5 ish nor liye when surrounded by the rank weeds of ) coarse and animal passions whych debase tho mind and body. They must be rooted out. The tendency to selfishness, to haujrhty, hard-hearted treatment, ( mu3t bo destroyed. The higher our personal char- acter and position, the greater our gifts and priv- I ilegca, the more unworthy and glaring is thia want W of gentleness and consideration for others. |