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THE TRUE GENTLEMAN
the true gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute
sense of propriety and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies;
who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity,
or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels
him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power,
or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always
with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and
feelings of others rather than his own; and who appears well in any company;
a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.
- JOhn WalTer Wayland 1899
P.o. Box 4562 / Carmel, in 46082
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