You and I; . 26 THE CALLING CUSTOMS HAT fact, says Emer-son, more conspicuous inmodern history, than the cre-|p ation of the gentleman? Chivalry is that,and loyalty is that, and, in English litera-ture, half the drama, and all the novels, from SirPhilip Sidney to Sir Walter Scott, paint this the term u gentleman implies much more(f than a fine veneer of good breeding and perfect etiquette^still we can scarcely conceive of a gentleman who is en-tirely wanting in the outward indications of breeding andrefinement, for—to again quote the Concord philosopher—Defect in man
You and I; . 26 THE CALLING CUSTOMS HAT fact, says Emer-son, more conspicuous inmodern history, than the cre-|p ation of the gentleman? Chivalry is that,and loyalty is that, and, in English litera-ture, half the drama, and all the novels, from SirPhilip Sidney to Sir Walter Scott, paint this the term u gentleman implies much more(f than a fine veneer of good breeding and perfect etiquette^still we can scarcely conceive of a gentleman who is en-tirely wanting in the outward indications of breeding andrefinement, for—to again quote the Concord philosopher—Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Certain codes and observances are the outgrowth of muchexperience of society, and while ones perceptions may be fineenough to lead him, in the main, to do the right thing, stillthere are certain small points which he comes upon, that otherpeople have run against before and settled. If he have notthe lightning-like perception necessary to grasp the situation 402 THE CALLING CUSTOMS OF GENTLEMEN.
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