Part 66 (1/2)

--_Israel Zangwill_

907

COMMERCIAL HONESTY

On one occasion the first Napoleon being inforovern the troops with very inferior and insufficient food, sent for him to inquire into the affair

”How is this?” said the E your contract” ”Sire,” was the answer, ”I must live” ”No,” replied the monarch, ”I do not see the _must_ It is not necessary that you should live; but it is necessary that you should do right”

908

Too round of suspicion; truth and honesty have no need of loud protestations

909

REUBEN AND SANDY

Can any one as present ever forget the broken voice and strea tears hich he (Dean Stanley) told the story of two little Scotch boys, Reuben and Sandy? The story was as follows: ”On a cold winter day, a gentleht a box ofboy, and, as he had no pence, had given hiht to his hotel Hours passed by, and the boy did not return Very late in the evening a ht the matches frae Sandy?' 'Yes' 'Well, then, here's fourpence out o' yer' shi+llin'; Sandy canna come He's verra ill A cart ran over him and knocked him doon, and he lost his bonnet and his s are broken, and the doctor says he'll dee; and that's a'' And then, putting down the fourpence on the table, the poor child burst into great sobs 'So I fed the little man,' said the narrator; 'and I ith hi almost alone; their father and s He knew e, sir, and was cos were broken; and oh, Reuby, little Reuby, I aone? What will ye do?' 'I took his hand, and said I would always take care of Reuby He understood h to look up as if to thank ht went out of his blue eyes In a ht of God, Like a babe upon the breast, Where the wicked cease fro And the weary are at rest'”

910

_Honesty_--If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons

--_Dr Johnson_

911

The birthplace of a man does him no honor, But a man may do honor to his birthplace

912

He, the Duke of Devonshi+re, was not a man of superior abilities, but was a man strictly faithful to his word If, for instance, he had prorown that year in his woods, he would not have contented himself with that excuse: he would have sent to Den his word--so high as to the point of honor

--_Boswell's Life of Johnson_

913

Honor is like the eye which cannot suffer the least injury without dae; it is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by the least flaw

--_Bossuet_