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Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.
The mind makes the nobleman, and uplifts the lowly to high degree.
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.
Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.
I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.
Nature's noblemen are everywhere,--in town and out of town, gloved and rough-handed, rich and poor. Prejudice against a lord, because he is a lord, is losing the chance of finding a good fellow, as much as prejudice against a ploughman because he is a ploughman.
