Anecdotes for boys
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About This Book
This book was intended to be a supplement for How To Be a Man, and contains numerous narratives with important moral and character-building lessons for young boys. Subjects include brotherly affection, benevolence, government of the tongue, the formation of habits, and much more.
Chapters (247)
- Anecdotes for Boys
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- ANECDOTES FOR BOYS.
- CHAPTER I. THE BOY MAKES THE MAN.
- Benedict Arnold.
- GEORGE WASHINGTON.
- GOVERNOR RITNER.
- ROGER SHERMAN.
- CHAPTER II. FILIAL PIETY.
- GEORGE WASHINGTON.
- Obey God rather than man.
- A son’s love.
- Filial piety rewarded.
- Filial Tenderness.
- Filial impiety punished.
- Think how you will feel when your parents are gone.
- Benefit of Obedience.
- Reward of Disobedience.
- Conscientious Obedience.
- Cheerful Obedience, Sullen Obedience, and Disobedience.
- CHAPTER III. SOCIAL VIRTUES AND VICES.
- Section I.—Brotherly Affection. Sergeant Glanville.
- Generosity of an elder brother.
- Section II.—The Golden Rule. generous blacksmith.
- Michael Verin.
- Section III.—Gratitude and Benevolence. planting trees.
- Thomas Cromwell.
- Lending to the Lord.
- An Indian story.
- Example of Disinterested Benevolence.
- Section IV.—Manners. politeness.
- Good Breeding.
- Section V.—Overcome Evil With Good. a black boy
- The converted soldier.
- The forgiving school boy.
- Section VI.—Use of the Tongue. advantages of speaking the truth.
- Remember the bright side.
- Section VII.—Punctuality. example of washington.
- Samuel Wesley, Esq.
- Five minutes too late.
- Section VIII.—Contention. danger of contention.
- Danger of Indulging anger.
- Be kind to your sister.
- Teazing and being teazed.
- CHAPTER IV. BAD COMPANY AND BAD HABITS.
- Profaneness.
- Washington’s opinion of profaneness.
- Howard’s opinion of Swearers.
- Playing Truant.
- Ruin of a Deacon’s son.
- Bad Books.
- An Example for boys.
- Poison.
- “Am I to blame, Mother?”
- How it happened.
- GOING TO THE THEATRE.
- The Passion for Gaming.
- Danger of Playing for amusement.
- CHAPTER V. INDUSTRY, LABOR, &c.
- A lesson from the Birds and Fishes.
- “Business first, and then Pleasure.”
- Industry.
- CHAPTER VI. TRUE GREATNESS.
- True Greatness does not consist in feeling above others.
- True Greatness lies not in being too proud to wait on one’s self.
- True Greatness does not make a man difficult about his own accommodations.
- True Greatness does not consist in being in the fashion.
- CHAPTER VII. ADVANTAGES OF HONESTY.
- Colbert.
- Two opposite examples.
- Fruits of dishonesty.
- CHAPTER VIII. PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE.
- Section I.—Reading.
- Robert Hall.
- Section II.—Love of Learning Encouraged.
- Sir Isaac Newton.
- Benjamin West.
- Other eminent Persons.
- Section III.—Dislike of Study. latin and labor.
- CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.
- Section I.—Fickleness. Hunting Squirrels.
- Section II.—Independence of Character.
- Section III.—Contentment.
- The old black sheep.
- Hunting after contentment.
- CHAPTER X. RELIGION.
- Section I.—Religious Knowledge. the will.
- A Little Reasoner.
- A Wise Answer.
- A Bad Bargain.
- Simple Faith.
- Proof that there is a God.
- How to prove the Bible true.
- Section II.—The Sabbath. Nothing lost by keeping the Sabbath.
- A wise answer.
- Danger of breaking the Sabbath.
- But one Sabbath in the week.
- Section III.—Early piety recommended.
- Danger of delay.
- Section IV.—Uncertainty of Life.
- Sudden death of an impenitent sinner.
- Sudden Death of a Christian.
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