With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.

Abraham Lincoln.

bashful, gentle towards the In his conversation he will

The gentleman is tender towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd. remember to whom he is speaking, have thought for all his company, and avoid allusions that would give pain to any of them, steering away also from topics that irritate.

When he does a favor to another and he does many- -the gentleman will somehow make it appear that he is receiving the benefit instead of conferring it.

He is never mean or little in his disputes. Moreover he shows that he has an intellect above the average, in the fact that he never mistakes personalities and sharp sayings for arguments.

John Henry Newman.

What is a good fellow? It is easy to tell what he is not. He is not a prig; he is not a snob; he is not a cad; he is not a dunce; he is not usually a genius, although it is very easy to recognize him when you have seen and heard and been with him for a quarter of an hour. The one word, it seems to me, interpretive of him, is the word sympathy. The good fellow puts himself in your place. He understands you. He feels with you. He smiles in your laughter and is sorrowful in your tears. He can trifle when you trifle, although he is not a trifler. He can be serious in your seriousness, but he is not by nature solemn. the worthiest type is a great fellow. Out of and by means of his sympathy-intellectual, emotional, volitional - he leads his associates into the noblest sort of life; but his persuasiveness is so gentle and his influence is so unconscious that men often find themselves better men without knowing the process or even dreaming of the result, until the result has been secured.

The good fellow of

Charles F. Thwing.

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LETTER FORMS-BUSINESS

PERRY MASON COMPANY,
Boston, Mass.

Gentlemen:

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., December 9, 1902.

Enclosed find money order for one dollar and seventy-five cents, for which amount please send The Youth's Companion for one year to Fifth Grade, Eaton School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Yours truly,

FRED GREENE,

We, the pupils of the Columbia School, do hereby respectfully petition that you bring before the Board of Education, in our behalf, a request that the unused floor in our building be converted into a gymnasium for the use of pupils.

Most respectfully your obedient servant, [or]

I have the honor to subscribe myself,

Most respectfully your obedient servant,

JOHN MAPES BROWN,

Secretary Children's City Improvement League.

NOTE: "Sir" is chiefly used in official correspondence.

"My dear Mr.

Smith " is a more formal, hence more respectful, salutation than "Dear Mr. Smith." It is also more formal to use one's full name in signature than to use mere initials or the last name alone, since to omit the initials implies closer acquaintance than not to do so. Do not omit the chief subject of thought, as in "Received your letter last night," "Went home last week," etc. To write "Yours, etc.' or "Respt. y'rs," or to abbreviate any of the words of the salutation or complimentary close, is now considered rude. Observe the following forms: