St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-13
TO BE A GENTLEMAN.
THE EXPRESSIONS OF NAVY AS TO
WHAT rs REQUIRED TO Be- Owe.
NOT mANY FITTED TO BE ONE.


Created Man, Not a Gentle
man The Material for a GEN
tleman Is Not Found in Every
Man.
The following expressions obtained
by the New York Sun are interesting:
y gentleman is the highest noble
ment of character.-W. H. Campbell.
A gentleman is knight whose armor
is honesty and sword courtesy.-John
Dixon.
A gentleman is 1.-The cut and polished
stone of manhood. u. II. G.
What is a gentleman? One who
knowingly lives up or approXImates to
high ideals.-W &c. O.
a gentleman: Why,
A CROOKS q living pin that's bent;
pin that's straight's living gent.
Charles Ii. Burke.
A gentleman: One who gives his seat
in car to woman.-H. w. T.
\ gentleman: One who takes as his
model our Divine Savior, our Lord
Jesus Christ.-W. Nj. &.
A gentleman is man who does the
Fight thing as matter OF eOurSe.-John
Z. Tredway.
A gentleman is man who emb0dieS
in his life the ideas of character, culture
and civilitY.-F. c. Baldwin.
A man who will fold up his paper and
give lady his seat in crowded LIZ or
bridge car.-DaiSy.
A man who has pride without vanity,
courage without bravadO. and who is in
nately considerable OF the feeling of
others.-R. O'DiSi.
A gentleman or gentlewoman is one
who will never cause pain. a person
who always causes pleasure is Il saint,
like-Eii Perkins. Out West.
A gentleman: One who reads and
follows as a rule in life the lessons
taught on ali subjects in the editorials
in the New y ork Sun. He cannot be
anything 9lSe.-James ". Covert.
Gentleman: A man who works fat h
fully to make all honest living, and has
charity for all mankInd.-E. P. A.
a gentleman is One who has learned
to endeavor to act with the least posi-
BILE frictiOn.-Albert Foster.
Fearful of wrong, Jealous of a right,
true to himself, chivarOus to women,
respectful TO men, preserving always
quiet, manly bearing. and doing good to
others at all times unOStentaJiOuSly.-
Charles T. Roberts.
To be gentleman one should be a
private in the army of life. a captain in
the regiment of courage, a colonel III
tile cavalry of courtesy and general in
the battalion of hOnor.-John Jay Burke.
"a man-who has learned to conquer
self III all his dealings, vet is ever ready
in the cause of humanity to fight the
Oppressor and succOr the oppressed"
Respectfully, }. g. Hodgklnson.
On this side of the Atlantic gentle
IMAM is one VINO respects the humbiest
as much as the mightiest. and who, at
the same time, is Il Christian, living the
life OF the virtuous.-A. L. Robertson.
lie who would be a gentleman
Forms himself on Christs own plan
Courteous, tender. gallant and true,
Withholding from no man his just due:
Bending TO the lowly fearing not the nigh.
lie viii race death calmly when his last hour
is nigh. Perry NeguS.
a gentleman is one who is true and
brave and courteous TO all; il there be
degrees in courtesy, being more court
eOus to the weak, because they are
weak; educated, not as pedants are edu-
Gated. but with knowledge of his own
and previous times, who has the broad
education of one who knows our world
as God gave 1t to us. with all Its great
neSSeS and weaknesses. One who can
meet on equal terms a prince, because
he is the princes equal, ana on ca ual
terms poor and unknown, but self
respecting man, however great be the
difference in the power that fortune
brings, because he Is too true Il gentle
man to allow anything sayoring of in
equality to appear.
And bow before the Awful Will.
And Lear it with an honest heart"
d. 5. steele
A gentlemen: A man who through
education or rare natural instincts pos
sesseS the air of distinguished breeding,
culture and manners current at the
times. In whom the sense of true
nobility and honor ranks above all: i'll
whom chiyalric sentiments will find
courageous utteranceS OF speech and
act; i'll whose heart sterling honesty
and sworn faith find their shrine. One
who need not be mistaken as
man, but whose gentlemaniy qualitiea-
tons rubbed off leave "a man for a.
that" Whom man speaks to with
natural and respectful Difference. Rank
ana birth are considered when the
guinea stamp IS considered. The ave
nues to craftsmanship are open to all
who wish to consider their moral duties
first, their social duties next. Such are
the civilized advantages of our present
era of cheap printing, political and re-
ligiouS freedom. and American notions
Res Publica.
The gentleman. as [ have seen him.
is all attempted Improvement upon the
handiwork of the Almighty. The high
est authority we have states that God
| created man-not a gentleman. The
latter is an object created by tailOrS,
colleges and society, and his chief OBJ
iect is TO look well. dress well, talk well.
and, well-tO pretend great deal. He
expects that those with whom he is
brought in contact Will estimate him as
highly as he does himself, possibly
contribute to his support, honestly or
otherwise, and exercise a charity in
every case where he fails to act after
the manner of PLAIN, old-fashiOned.
sensible, truthful, honest, industrious.
candid man.
l 90 not want the SIS prize, but do
want to know whether. OH the average.
the gentleman has not been sized up"
X.
A gentleman is one who loves God
and his fellow mend. c.
An American gentleman: A man
self-made in the best sense, whose
handiwork does him credit-W. E. ID.
Gentleman: A being indefinabie, yet
we all know who he ISL. w.
What is a gentleman? Poverty makes
a man gentle.-Martin Frenane.
What is a gentleman? a man who
always does the right thing at the right
| moment.-A. d.
The best definition know of a gem
tleman is "a man of honor. III. Latte.
A gentleman is a gem of manhood
whose polish and ineOrruptibility are as
those OF a diamond. Isabel T. WheidOn
Honesty, courage, civilization COM
bined together make the gentleman
the true one.-M. Mailer.
The definition of a gentleman is one
who is first generous, kind and asten-
tive at home, and follows it to his daily
vocation and through his social life
r. P. j.
A man who has control of his actions
so as heean always be gentle and polite,
who is soft and polite in manners, who
is born and brought to do nobody any
harm either bodily or mentally.
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