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Robert Kemp Philp
181
[TELESCOPES
INVENTED
IN
GERMANY
A.D.
1590.]
218.
Rudeness.
We
need
scarcely
advert
to
the
rudeness
of
interrupting
any
one
who
is
speaking,
or
to
the
impropriety
of
pushing,
to
its
full
extent,
a
discussion
which
has
become
unpleasant.
219.
Pedantry.
Some
Men
have
a
Mania
for
Greek
and
Latin
quotations:
this
is
peculiarly
to
be
avoided.
It
is
like
pulling
up
the
stones
from
a
tomb
wherewith
to
kill
the
living.
Nothing
is
more
wearisome
than
pedantry.
220.
Proportion.
If
you
feel
your
Intellectual
Superiority
to
any
one
with
whom
you
are
conversing,
do
not
seek
to
bear
him
down:
it
would
be
an
inglorious
triumph,
and
a
breach
of
good
manners.
Beware,
too,
of
speaking
lightly
of
subjects
which
bear
a
sacred
character.
221.
Writing
and
Talking.
It
is
a
Common
Idea
that
the
art
of
writing
and
the
art
of
conversation
are
one;
this
is
a
great
mistake.
A
man
of
genius
may
be
a
very
dull
talker.
222.
Interesting
Conversation.
The
Two
Grand
Modes
of
making
your
conversation
interesting,
are
to
enliven
it
by
recitals
calculated
to
affect
and
impress
your
hearers,
and
to
intersperse
it
with
anecdotes
and
smart
things.
Count
Antoine
Rivarol,
who
lived
from
1757
to
1801,
was
a
master
in
the
latter
mode.
223.
Composition.
If
you
would
write
to
any
purpose,
you
must
be
perfectly
free
from
without,
in
the
first
place,
and
yet
more
free
from
within.
Give
yourself
the
natural
rein;
think
on
no
pattern,
no
patron,
no
paper,
no
press,
no
public;
think
on
nothing,
but
follow
your
own
impulses.
Give
yourself
as
you
are,
what
you
are,
and
how
you
see
it.
Everyman
sees
with
his
own
eyes,
or
does
not
see
at
all.
This
is
incontrovertibly
true.
Bring
out
what
you
have.
If
you
have
nothing,
be
an
honest
beggar
rather
than
a
respectable
thief.
Great
care
and
attention
should
be
devoted
to
epistolary
correspondence,
as
nothing
exhibits
want
of
taste
and
judgment
so
much
as
a
slovenly
letter.
Since
the
establishment
of
the
penny
postage
it
is
recognised
as
a
rule
that
all
letters
should
be
prepaid;
indeed,
many
persons
make
a
point
of
never
taking
in
an
unpaid
letter.
The
following
hints
may
be
worthy
of
attention:
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
