A PERFECT GENTLEMAN.

“T dare do all that doth become a man:
Who dares do more is none.”

« An honest man’s the noblest work of God.”

jHERE are some words which,
though often upon our tongues,
are yet little thought of or under-
stood. Here is one—Gentleman.
What does it mean? To each of us perhaps
something different, according to his previous
training or associations ; and yet there is no
word more commonly used, or more generally
applied, from the Queen’s Speech to “My
Lords and Gentlemen” at the opening of
Parliament, the judge's address to the
“Gentlemen of the jury,” or the candidate
expecting election at a ward meeting,
down to the “cabby” in the street, who,

having received an extra sixpence for his
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