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Show ALL "GENTLEMEN" IN VfiERIC Man'r. Own Fault If He Does Not De serve the Title. Neither a poor man nor u rich rum, is or can bo "n gentleman" In Arun. a, in the sense of the tenns ns ui In a monarchical count!- or iini'cr un jilstocratlc system of soIoty, says th New York Sun. Tho word "penile nn.n" Is unknown In our law. In tin -enso of expressing moral qtiiillt c thu only sense In which It can bo ubi-i' heie, the term "gentleman" iippllus of course, to every mini entitled lutitn sli-nlly to receive It ns a designation of courtesy: but even in that usage I s n term mi vnguo and Indufinniili hut It Is nut worth talking about, -i n,i bo snld, hoeer. never to nppl i-opoil to any Ainerlcun who li nn f being a "gontloinnn" becnue o. nn. iccldent of his mere mnierlul cltcuti. dunces, or to any American who 1 roubled In mind lest, on aecimui o I hem, ho should not receive tho tlt'.i t mi bod) hi Amorlca Is not a gum if j u an It Is ills own fault. |