Letters To His Son On The Art Of Becoming A Man Of The World And A Gentleman 1752

Author : Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721783281
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752 written by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752 by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield MY DEAR FRIEND: Laziness of mind, or inattention, are as great enemies to knowledge as incapacity; for, in truth, what difference is there between a man who will not, and a man who cannot be informed? This difference only, that the former is justly to be blamed, the latter to be pitied. And yet how many there are, very capable of receiving knowledge, who from laziness, inattention, and incuriousness, will not so much as ask for it, much less take the least pains to acquire it! Our young English travelers generally distinguish themselves by a voluntary privation of all that useful knowledge for which they are sent abroad; and yet, at that age, the most useful knowledge is the most easy to be acquired; conversation being the book, and the best book in which it is contained. The drudgery of dry grammatical learning is over, and the fruits of it are mixed with, and adorned by, the flowers of conversation. How many of our young men have been a year at Rome, and as long at Paris, without knowing the meaning and institution of the Conclave in the former, and of the parliament in the latter? and this merely for want of asking the first people they met with in those several places, who could at least have given them some general notions of those matters. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience