of Cribb, of Spring, and the other;
but where is the aristocrat of whom as much can be said? Wellington?
Wellington indeed! a skilful general, and a good man of valour, it is
true, but with that cant word of "duty" continually on his lips, did he
rescue Ney from his butchers? Did he lend a helping hand to Warner?

In conclusion, the writer would advise those of his country-folks who
read his book to have nothing to do with the two kinds of canting
nonsense described above, but in their progress through life to enjoy as
well as they can, but always with moderation, the good things of this
world, to put confidence in God, to be as independent as possible, and to
take their own parts. If they are low-spirited, let them not make
themselves foolish by putting on sackcloth, drinking water, or chewing
ashes, but let them take wholesome exercise, and eat the most generous
food they can get, taking up and reading occasionally, not the lives of
Ignatius Loyola and Francis Spira, but something more agreeable; for
example, the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, the deaf and
dumb gentleman; the travels of Captain Falconer in America, and the
journal of John Randall, who went to Virginia and married an Indian wife;
not forgetting, amidst their eating and drinking, their walks over
heaths, and by the sea-side, and their agreeable literature, to be
charitable to the poor, to read the Psalms and to go to church twice on a
Sunday. In their dealings with people, to be courteous to everybody, as
Lavengro was, but always independent like him; and if people meddle with
them, to give them as good as they bring, even as he and Isopel Berners
were in the habit of doing; and it will be as well for him to observe
that he by no means advises women to be too womanly, but bearing the
conduct of Isopel Berners in mind, to take their own parts, and if
anybody strikes them, to strike again.

Beating of women by the lords of the creation has become very prevalent
in England since pugilism has been discountenanced. Now the writer
strongly advises any woman who is struck by a ruffian to strike him
again; or if she cannot clench her fists, and he advises all women in
these singular times to learn to clench their fists, to go at him with
tooth and nail, and not to be afraid of the result, for any fellow who is
dastard enough to strike a woman, would allow himself to be beaten by a
woman, were she to make at him in self-defence, even if, instea