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of what he was writing. ‘‘ Charity suffereth
long, and is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh
‘not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh
no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things. Charity never faileth.”
And again,—“Be kindly affectioned one
toward another, in honour preferring one
another.” Substitute the word Gentleman
for charity, and it is indeed a complete
description of the character. George Wash-
ington, when a boy (so the old story says),
was questioned by his father about some
damage done to a favourite tree in the
garden, and he nobly replied, “ Father,
Icannot tell a lie; I did it!” And in after
life George Washington lived the life of as
perfect a truth-loving Gentleman as the
world has ever seen. At a school examina-
tion a youth was called up to receive the
highest prize.—a gold watch,—when, to
the astonishment of his master and school-
fellows, he took by the hand a younger boy