Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-10-27
With a face wrlntlod all over with GRIN.

me courteous can express pleasure and
welcome with idiotic contortions, and when
these appear, whether In the son Of duke
or drayman, they are intensely vulgar.
You cannot have good manners In the
drawing-room IL your habitual manners
are bad; the habit will betray you; let tho
habit be always good. - 500
Far better that you look frigid even, than
That you degrade your countenance with
silly hilarity. l'InI1 '17I777 +
Be gentleman, feel like a gentleman.
and you will look and act like one.
Sometimes you will be neglected, and
your vanity may feel wounded. Never let
tnis annoy. you; be absolutely sure that in
due time all will come right, and that you
VIII have all the consideration which you
merit. No one can do you any permanent
injury but yourself. The world Is SO con-
stituted that 1t is not In mems power to
withhold respect from lofty character, real
ability and good conduct. ~ lny1T
You may be invited to ball or dinner
because you dance or tell good story; but
no one since the time Of Queen Elizabeth
has been made Cabinet Minister or a Lord
Chancellor for such reasons. 70 NJ
The years OF youth are short, and the
pleasures OF you'll perish In manly life.
Reputation, power and the consideration
which comes Of ability, attainments and
good character are what the man from
thirty to seventy covets. Nothing but the
well-spent years Of enrly life can secure
1 would keep you from no enjoyments
suited to your age which are not Injurious
70 your real happiness and future success.
You have health and good constitution,
and you have no inherited tendencies to
any vice. II Is easy for you to do right,
and 1t wiz be objectionable II you go
astray.
rejoice to find that profanity ls consid-
cred vulgar in England. During the two
years that resided In England never
heard profane word from gentleman.
among the young men, slang seemed to be
abundant. hope that 1t does not prevail
at the University.
Kemember that whom you are twenty
nve you will desire what Others value at
that age, and 80 at every stage of life. !
mean what the higher order OF men value.
Live each year In tho way which will
best ft you for the next year, and thus
you will lead a happy life; life which
VIII secure to you the happier life to come.
You start with every advantage, but for
get not chat yours are advantages suited
TO America, not suited to England. No
one has superior rank or higher social po-
sition than you in America. In England
Their ancient system OF primogeniture aud
lille gives precedence and outward re-
spect, IA large degree, irrespective OF
merit 1t Is not so with us, and am very
glad, Quarrel not al all with their sys-
tenn; they Seem TO liks 1t. But never
covet II, and never commit tho silly snob.
berry OF pretending to prefer it to the sys-
TEN OF your own country. J'4'.+ TT
The social life Of Eng!lrd Is worry charm.
ing ana their plan OF letving all land to
the eldest son has built up vast estates,
ndorned and dignitled With castles and
halls filled with art and luxury and refined
Taste; but oil this is at the sacrifice of
many human rights which we value. !.H
NIthing like this Is possible in America,
and IL will not always last in England.
Tue substratum OF the Enel lish character
il solid, honest, truthful, and, in the main,
just. Our best traits are heritage from
tiiat race; but feel quite sure that. with
all our faults, we are rapidly improving
upon our English sires, aud that we may
become quite the superior people as q
whole. rt. r
Feel always manly pride that you are
an American, and that your future is here.
There Is not in all historic time,
grander record than that of the United
States. Before the nation was hundred
wears old civil war broke out, and the
North alone had at one time more than a
million Of armed men in the. field, and the
South hnd vast armies also. After four
yenrs OF terrible war, more than loo. 900
soldiers were disbanded almost In day.
They returned to the peaceful industries Of
civil life without a murmur. without dis
order aud without crime. Under our sys-
tenn OF government they had learned to
govern themselves. Even in the madness
OF the conflict, when the President was as
ana pgf, Aa1 Lao 4 -
without even ripple Of disturbance. More
than three thousand million of debt was
created, and the paper money was in such
discredit that one gold dollar would buy
two dollars and seventy cents of the paper.
But so soon as tho war ended we went
bravely to work, paid of one-third of our
vast debt, and now paper dollar will buy
gold dollar In any part Of the country,
and our national credit is of the highest
grade. We have finished more than seventy
five thousand miles OF railway, revived
our industries, increased In population, and
our prosperity is such that our annual in-
come is greater than that OF any nation on
the earth. p
have letter from the Dean TODAY, in
which he says: "Your sons improvement
has really astonished me.s Continue to
astonish the Dean and delight mo. ~.
This shows that you have the ability, and
that there viii be no excuse and no pardon
II you are not faithful In the future. From
time 70 time / shall hear from the Dean,
ard also from your tutor, and they will tell
me all and only the truth. They will re-
veal your shortcomings, IL you have them,
as well as your merits. You accept too
many invitations from your fellow stu
dents. This will weaken your energies and
prevent your success; besides, you will be-
come bore. which avoid as you would .'the
plague" Short visits do not bore. .,
When we last met, you did not carry
yourself erect. You Seemed to think that
you were awkwardly tall, and you tried to
look shorter; this Is mistake; you are
nineteen years old and scarce more than
six feet high; that Is not too tall but II
you grow to any height, carry yourself
erect. .,.sr I.tlT, t.,,',.. D..
When you have done the duties of the
day, and done them well, take your pleas
ures, which will be all the more keen; and
when you have well finished the labors OF
the term, you will enjoy the vacation
thousand times the more by reason of your
successful toll. pIGl1 hlW '''
l do not need, In this letter, to repeat the
warnings against those petty vices, temp
tations and follies of which l have so,often
spoken. 4e.
Twill print this because l wish you to
read Ii more than once. flio lriJar Oh
God bless and keep and guide my boy.
p ' Your ever devoted FATHER.
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