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Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904

"Character"


(6) Izaak Walton's 'Life of George Herbert.'
(7) Stanley's 'Life and Letters of Dr. Arnold,' i. 33.
(8) Philip de Comines gives a curious illustration of the subservient,
though enforced, imitation of Philip, Duke of Burgundy, by his
courtiers. When that prince fell ill, and had his head shaved, he
ordered that all his nobles, five hundred in number, should in
like manner shave their heads; and one of them, Pierre de
Hagenbach, to prove his devotion, no sooner caught sight of an
unshaven nobleman, than he forthwith had him seized and carried
off to the barber!--Philip de Comines (Bohn's Ed.), p. 243.
(9) 'Life,' i. 344.
(10) Introduction to 'The Principal Speeches and Addresses of H.R.H.
the Prince Consort,' p. 33.
(11) Speech at Liverpool, 1812.

CHAPTER IV.--WORK.

"Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee."
--l CHRONICLES xxii. 16.
"Work as if thou hadst to live for aye;
Worship as if thou wert to die to-day."--TUSCAN PROVERB.
"C'est par le travail qu'on regne."--LOUIS XIV
"Blest work! if ever thou wert curse of God,
What must His blessing be!"--J. B. SELKIRK.
"Let every man be OCCUPIED, and occupied in the highest employment
of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness
that he has done his best"--Sydney Smith.

WORK is one of the best educators of practical character.


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