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-38 Section III. Industry.--No person has a right to live without labor. Determine to labor as long as you live. Mistaken method of teaching industry. Labor in the open air. Manual labor schools. 38-43 Section IV. Economy.--False and true; Examples of the false. Time is money. Sixty minutes shown to be an hour. Economical habits. 1. Do every thing at the time. Anecdote. 2. Every thing should have its place. Examples. 43-47 Section V. Indolence.--The indolent only half human. Characteristics of an indolent man. His epitaph. 47-49 Section VI. Early Rising and rest.--He who would rise early, must _retire_ early. Morning air. Advantages of early rising. 1. Things go better through the day. 2. Morning hours more _agreeable_. 3. Danger of the _second nap_. 4. Early risers long-lived. 5. One hour's sleep before midnight worth two after. 6. Saving of _time_ and _money_. Estimates. Examples of early rising. 49-55 Section VII. Duty to Parents.--Reasons. 1. For the sake of our own reputation. 2. From love to our parents. 3. Better to _suffer_ wrong, than to _do_ wrong. 4. Nothing gained by going away. Franklin an exception to the general rule. No sight more beautiful than a well ordered and happy family. Obedience the great lesson of life. 56-59 Section VIII. Faithfulness.--Our duty to our employers. Common error of the young. Examples. The Mahratta prince. 59-61 Section IX. On Forming Temperate Habits.--Drunkenness and gluttony. Indulgence short of these Indulgences very _expensive_. Spending time at meals. Water drinkers the best guests. Temperate habits tend to health. Ecclesiasticus. Examples of rational living. Tea, coffee, soups, and all warm drinks injurious. General rules. 62-70 Section X. Suppers.--Customs of our ancestors; and of the Jews. Advantages gained by avoiding suppers. Eating-houses. 70-73 Section XI. Dress.--Its uses. Neither be first nor last in a fashion. Fondness for dress. Women not often misled by dress. 73-75 Section XII. Bashfulness and Modesty.--We _may_ be both bashful and impudent. Bashfulness injurious. Set up for just what we are, and no more. 76-78 Section XIII. Politeness and Good Breeding.--Not to be despised. In what good breeding consists. How a
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