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385 Every man ought be ambitious of leaving behind him some memorial of his having lived 386 Instead of fagging as at great schools would it not be a better system to teach a boy to wait upon himself 387 Do not attempt to be a public speaker unless you have a clear voice and a clear head 388 When you are well informed of a subject you may be tenacious of your opinion but do not persist with obstinacy when your knowledge of the subject is imperfect 389 If you have a friend who has served you blush to leave him off when yourturn is served 390 Early impressions that are false ought to be avoided When a nursery maid has impressed the mind of a child with a belief that the Devil is the Prince MANNERS 69
of Darkness she will find some difficulty in prevailing on him to go to bed without a candle 391 If you are wealthy provide hand somely for your own children if you have none be kind to your nephews and nieces and if there be a superfluity give it to the poor 392 Do not forget the Being whose hourly kindness shows that he is not for getful of you 393 During a fit of musical ecstacy every nerve of the human body is in motion and this may account for the power of music over melancholy 394 It is matter of just delicacy for a lady to refuse a partner in a dance till he has been properly introduced to her

This is the thirty-first post in our Men and Manners, Maxims for life by a Gentleman (Men and Manners ; Or, Concentrated Wisdom. 4th Ed. Much Enlarged, 1809) series.  For the first thirty posts:

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (2) 

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