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"Mfominc Post"
T have been reading again some] of Lord Chesterfield's famous letters! hope. 1 we some-to his legitimate oon, Philip Stan-mes that we were Living inthe ably contented. The contemporary ies of Dr. Johnson were never driven to ask themselves, as we are, weath-jer civilization is mortally sick. Tt would have been a pleasant time to live in if one had the sense not to eat and drink to excess, to avoid duels, and, above all, to keep) lout of the clutches of the 19th Century doctor, who, if he found 'a man with his throat cut, would probably open a vein in some other part of his body.
Lord Chesterfiela's letters suggest that the perfect nobleman of that age might be a very imperfect gentleman, He is intensely ambitions] for his son, and is convinced that in this country "no men can be of consequence who is not in Parliament." But in politics, and at Court, climbing and crawling are performed in the same attitude, The man who wants to get on must] be attentive and civil to the women he dislikes, and to the men he despises, in hopes of the applause of both." He must "frequent thewe good houses where he has already 8 footing, and wriggle himeelf somehow or other into every other. At Berlin Philip is to say fatterin things of -his Prussian Majesty to those who are most likely to repent them. "Acquire confidence by seem-ting frankness, and profit of it by silent. skill
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