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CHARACTER AND CONDUCT

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
Sir E. J. POYNTER, Bart., P.R.A.
This picture represents a Roman Guard on duty at oneof the palaces during the destruction of Herculanæum,who, although he might perhaps have made his escapeprefers to remain at his post, faithful unto death.

CHARACTER AND
CONDUCT

A BOOK OF HELPFUL THOUGHTS BY
GREAT WRITERS OF PAST AND
PRESENT AGES

SELECTED AND ARRANGED FOR DAILY
READING BY THE AUTHOR OF
"BEING AND DOING"

WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY
SIR E. J. POYNTER, Bart., P.R.A.

LIVERPOOL
HENRY YOUNG & SONS
LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & Co. Ltd.
1905

First Edition, 2000 copies, printed November 1904
Second Edition, 1000 copies, printed December 1904

TO
E. K.

"It is more men that the world wants, not moresystems. It is character that our modern life waitsfor, to redeem and transform it; and conduct as thefruitage of character."

The Citizen in his Relation to the IndustrialSituation,
Bishop Potter.

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PREFACE

This collection of noble thoughts expressed by menand women of past and present ages who haveendeavoured to leave the world a little better thanthey found it, is similar in arrangement and purposeto my former volume "Being and Doing"; and hasbeen compiled at the request of several readers whohave found that book helpful.

It is obvious that without the kindly co-operationof many authors and publishers such books couldnot exist, and I tender sincere and hearty thanks tothose who have made the work possible. All havetreated me with unfailing courtesy and generosity.

Where I have occasionally used short quotationswithout permission I ask forgiveness.

It would be impossible to name separately eachone to whom I am a grateful debtor, so specialmention must only be made of the more heavilytaxed, and of those who have asked for a formalacknowledgment, namely:—

The Literary Executors of the late Mr. Ruskin,per Mr. George Allen, for extracts from Mr. Ruskin'sworks.

Mr. Edward Arnold for those from Red Pottage,by Mary Cholmondeley.

[viii]Canon Barnett for those from The Service of God.

Messrs. Deighton Bell & Co. for those from PastorPastorum, by the Rev. Henry Latham.

Mr. James Drummond for those from the writingsof Professor Henry Drummond.

Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. forthose from Sir Edwin Arnold's Light of Asia.

Miss May Kendall for those from Turkish Bonds, &c.

Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co. for those fromthe works of Bishop Paget, and from Canon MacColl'sHere and Hereafter.

Professor MacCunn for those from The Making ofCharacter.

Messrs. Macmillan & Co. for those from the worksof B

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