ases, a feeling of dislike is engendered, which no after circumstances can obliterate -- a feeling near akin to contempt, also; for who can cherish respect for individuals who cannot govern themselves?A generous-minded boy will never forget the unkind and taunting words which he has heard an irritable and ill-governed father address to his dearly loved mother; nor will either girls or boys forget similar breaches of politeness and good-breeding exhibited by their mother towards the father.Truly, we have need of patience! and in the family circle it is one of the brightest virtues."Can't you both have patience?" murmured a little gentle boy once in our hearing, while his parents were indulging in unseemly bickerings, and there was a whole volume of reproof in that one sentence.Chesterfield, a pattern of good-breeding, tells his son, that --"The most familiar and intimate habitudes, connections and friendships, require a degree of good-breeding both to preserve and cement them. The best of us have our bad sides; and it is as imprudent as it is ill-bred to exhibit them. I shall not use ceremony with you, it would be misplaced between us; but I shall certainly observe that degree of good-breeding which, I am sure, is absolutely necessary to make us like one another's company long."This is the best advice which can be given to husbands and wives, parents and children, and also to relatives and friends.The habit of bantering, which is so often adopted by married people before children and servants, is very undesirable, and frequently leads to serious consequences.The husband will give a ridiculous appellation to the wife, which will raise a laugh at her expense; but in the end, it may lower him far more than the mother in the opinion of the children; and in their turn, they will often feel more respect and affection for the mother than for the father.Nothing can be more injurious, or inconsistent with true politeness and good-breeding, than t...
