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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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But,
choose
a
wiser,
a
less
pretending,
a
less
conspicuous
path.
Throw
your
knowledge
into
compositions
of
a
less
startling,
less
aspiring
character.
Try
only
what
you
can
compass.
Be
wise
enough
not
to
proclaim
your
deficiencies,
and
the
critics
will
go
away
disarmed,
even
if
they
are
not
charmed.
But
if
there
be
any
voice,
any
feeling,
any
science,
the
touching
melody,
made
vocal
by
youth
and
taste,
will
obtain
even
a
far
higher
degree
of
encomium
than,
perhaps,
it
actually
merits.
You
will
please--you
will
be
asked
to
renew
your
efforts.
People
will
not
be
afraid
of
cadenzas
five
minutes
long,
or
of
bravuras,
every
note
of
which
makes
one
hope
it
may
be
the
last.
It
is
true
that,
to
a
person
who
loves
music,
the
performance
of
one
of
the
incomparable
songs
of
Bellini,
Rosini,
Flotow,
or
Mozart,
is
an
actual
delight--but;
when
attempted
by
a
young
amateur,
it
should
be,
like
many
other
delights,
confined
to
the
private
circle,
and
not
visited
upon
society
in
general.
Do
not
suppose
that
I
mean
to
recommend
poor
music,
or
feeble,
ephemeral
compositions.
What
is
good
need
not,
of
necessity,
be
always
difficult.
Ballad
music
is
rich
in
songs
adapted
for
the
private
performer--and
there
are
many,
in
Italian,
of
great
beauty,
which,
though
they
would
not
be
selected
for
a
concert-room,
or
for
brilliant
display,
are
adapted
for
ladies.
Music
is
the
greatest,
best
substitute
for
conversation.
It
has
many
merits,
in
this
light.
It
can
never
provoke
angry
retort;
it
can
never
make
enemies;
it
can
injure
no
one's
character
by
slander;
and
in
playing
and
singing
one
can
commit
no
indiscretion.
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