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How To Be A Man

A Book For Boys; Containing Useful Hints On The Formation Of Character

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An edition of How to be a man (1847)

How To Be A Man

A Book For Boys; Containing Useful Hints On The Formation Of Character

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Gould and Lincoln
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Boys, Conduct of life

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How To Be A Man: A Book For Boys; Containing Useful Hints On The Formation Of Character
1856, Gould and Lincoln
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How to be a man: a book for boys, containing useful hints on the formation of character
1852, Gould and Lincoln
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How to be a man: a book for boys, containing useful hints on the formation of character
1847, Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln
in English
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How to be a man: a book for boys, containing useful hints on the formation of character
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
I. On Childhood and Youth 7
II Nature and Objects of Education 12
III. Piety, As The Spring Of Action And Regulator of the Soul 17
IV. Filial Piety 24
V. Treatment of Brothers and Sisters And Others In The Family 37
VI. Behavior at School 45
VII. Behavior at Table 51
VIII. Behavior at Family Worship 56
IX. Private Prayer 59
X. Keeping the Sabbath 64
XI. Habits 83
XII. Education of the Body 100
XIII. On useful Labor 109
XIV. Education of the Heart 121
XV. Education of the Mind 145
XVI. Reading 155
XVII. Writing 161
XVIII. Indolence 165
XIX On doing one Thing at a Time 168
XX. On finishing what is begun 170
XXI. Choice of Society and Formation of Friendships 172
XXII. Bad Comfort and Mischievousness 176
XXIII. On Amusements 181
XXIV. Government of the Tongue 192
XXV. On the Art of agreeable and profitable Conversation 198
XXVI. Inquisitiveness 206
XXVII. On the Importance of being able to say No 209
XXVIII. On being Useful 212
XXIX. On being Contented 216
XXX. Union of serious Piety with habitual Cheerfulness 290

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