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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
213
"It
is
always
desirable
to
have,
if
possible,
servants
of
one
faith.
But
if
it
so
happens
that
you
have
a
Roman
Catholic
servant
and
a
Protestant
in
your
service,
you
are
bound
to
allow
each
the
free
exercise
of
her
religion,
and
you
ought
not
to
respect
them
if,
out
of
interest,
they
will
conform
to
yours.
An
exercise
of
authority
on
this
point
amounts,
in
my
opinion,
to
an
act
of
tyranny,
and
it
can
only
tend
to
promote
insincerity,
and,
perhaps,
engender
scepticism
in
its
object.
Nothing
is,
indeed,
so
dangerous
as
to
unsettle
the
faith
of
the
lower
classes,
who
have
neither
time
nor
opportunity
of
fairly
considering
subjects
of
religious
controversy.
"While
on
the
subject
of
servants,
I
must
deprecate
the
over-indulgence
of
the
present
system
towards
them.
Formerly
they
were
treated
with
real
kindness,
but
it
was
the
kindness
that
exacted
duty
in
return,
and
took
a
real
interest
in
the
welfare
of
each
servant.
The
reciprocal
tie
in
former
times
between
servant
and
master
was
strong,
now
it
is
wholly
gone.
The
easy
rule
of
masters
and
mistresses
proceeds
far
more
from
indifference
than
from
kindness
of
heart;
for
the
real
charity
is
to
keep
servants
steadily
to
their
duties.
They
are
a
class
of
persons
to
whom
much
leisure
is
destruction;
the
pursuits
of
their
idle
hours
are
seldom
advantageous
to
them,
and
theirs
are
not
minds
which
can
thrive
in
repose.
Idleness,
to
them,
is
peculiarly
the
root
of
all
evil,
for,
if
their
time
is
not
spent
in
vicious
amusements,
it
is
often
passed
in
slander,
discontent,
or
vanity.
In
writing
thus,
I
do
not
recommend
a
hard
or
inconsiderate
system
to
servants.
They
require,
and
in
many
instances
they
merit,
all
that
can
be
done
to
alleviate
a
situation
of
servitude.
They
ought
not
to
be
the
slaves
of
caprice
or
the
victims
of
temper.
Their
work
should
be
measured
out
with
a
just
hand;
but
it
should
be
regularly
exacted
in
as
much
perfection
as
can
be
expected
in
variable
and
erring
human
nature.
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