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Show SOME BOYS' MISTAKES. It is a mistake for a boy to think that a dashing swaggering manner will commend him to others The fact is, that the quiet, modest boy is much more in demand than the boy of the swaggering type. More than one boy has lessened his chances of success suc-cess in life by acquiring in boyhood a pert, smart, dashing manner, particularly offensive to men of real intelligence and refinement. Modesty is as admirable ad-mirable a trait in a man as in a woman, and th wise boy will find it to his distinct advantage to unquiet un-quiet and modest in manner. It is a "mistake for a boy to put too high an estimate esti-mate on his own wisdom. He will find it to be to his advantage to rely on the far greater wisdom of those much older than himself. It is a mistake for a boy to feel at any time in all the days of his boyhood that it is not his duty to be respectful and deferential to his father and mother. moth-er. The noblest men in the Avorld have felt this to be their duty not only in boyhood, but when thei'1 boyhood days were far behind them. It is a bad sign when a boy begins to show signs of disrespect to his J parents. The Leader. j |