ties, and in reading works of piety?

3. Have I fulfilled all my duties this day towards those I
ought to love most in the world--my father and my mother?

4. Have I behaved with mildness and kindness towards my
sister and my brothers?

5. Have I been docile, grateful, and attentive to my
teachers?

6. Have I been perfectly sincere to-day, disobliging no one,
and speaking evil of no one?

7. Have I been as discreet, prudent, charitable, modest, and
courageous as may be expected at my age?

8. Have I shown no proof of that weakness or effeminacy
which is so contemptible in a man?

9. Have I done all the good I could?

10. Have I shown all the marks of attention I ought to the
persons, present or absent, to whom I owe kindness, respect,
and affection?

These questions were read to him every night from his journal. To
each one he returned a reply in writing. He then kneeled, and in
prayer implored the forgiveness of his sins, and Divine guidance for
the future. Under such training, notwithstanding the enjoyment of
almost boundless wealth, the influence of a dissolute father, and the
measureless corruptions of the times, Louis Philippe developed a
character embellished by the loftiest principles and the purest
integrity.

The Orleans children, consisting of three sons and a daughter, were
taught in their earliest years to speak French, English, German, and
Italian, so that each of these languages became, as it were,
vernacular. At St. Leu, where they resided most of the time, a garden
was laid out, which they dug and cultivated with their own hands. A
German gardener superintended their work, while a German valet
accompanied them in their morning walks. A physician, who was a
distinguished chemist, instructed them in botany, pointing out the
medicinal virtues of the various plants. They were taught to
manufacture numerous articles of domestic utility, and the boys
became skillful in turning, weaving, basket-making, and other
mechanical employments. The Duke of Chartres became a very skillful
cabinet-maker, and, aided by his brother, the Duke of Montpensier,
manufactured a bureau for a poor woman at St. Leu which was equal to
any which could be found in the market. They were also accustomed to
fatigue and hardship, that they might be prepared for any of the
vicissitudes of future life. Madame de Genlis, in reference to this
trainin