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There should be no harshness of voice, or roughness of hand : indeed there will be no need of it, if such shall be the well-understood rule. It may be said, that the child, by some inad- vertence, may make an unintentional mistake. Very well : then the certain penalty will prevent future carelessness. This would avert, perhaps, a similar carelessness and ill manners, and con- fusion of countenance, when there shall be company. Indeed, so train your child, and it may certainly be done, that you ...shall just mo- tion with your finger for him to leave the table, and he shall instantly obey and be gone ; and all so quietly, that the persons present, possibly, shall be first made aware, by his vacant place, 9 130 PASSAGES FROM A LECTURE. that he has left. Thus, under all circumstances at the table, you are at ease ; you have no fear ; and your children are being formed at once to easy and appropriate manners, whatever be the company. Do not, however, follow the example of a brother-clergyman.
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