Primer 14 — How to do it · Edward Everett Hale
About the Author
Edward Everett Hale (1822 – 1909) was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as “The Man Without a Country,” published in Atlantic Monthly, in support of the Union during the Civil War.
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How To Go Into Society
It is for boys and girls, who think they are “sticks and oafs,” and that they cannot go into society, that this paper is written.
Be Short.
“I do not believe a word of that, but I obey.”
How To annoy YOUR ELDERS
Do not be tempted to talk among people who are your elders. Those horrible scrapes that Frank used to get into, such as Harry once got into, arose, like most scrapes in this world, from their want of ability to hold their tongues. Speak when you are spoken to, not till then, and then get off with as little talk as you can.
