Six Things a Boy Should Know

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 28, 1902

Six Things a Boy Should Know

1. THAT a quiet voice, courtesy, and kind acts are as essential to a gentleman as to a gentlewoman.

2. That roughness, blustering, and even foolhardiness are not manliness. The most firm and courageous men have often been the most gentle.

3. That muscular strength is not health.

4. That a brain crammed only with facts is not necessarily a wise one.

5. That the labor impossible to a boy of fourteen may be easy to a man of twenty-one.

6. That the best capital for a boy is not money, but a love of work, temperate habits, simple tastes, and a heart loyal to his friends and his God.—South Dakota Educator.