Excerpt from Shipmates Intended for the ministry, he had been shielded from the contaminating associations of public schools, and what he knew he had learned from his parents, his nurse, his governess, and private tutor. He knew that most people were vulgar, that incor rect speech was but little less sinful than profanity, that quarrelling, even in self-defence, was shock ingly disgraceful, and that the only fit and con sistent course of action for a gentleman afflicted by sudden assault was to turn the unsmitten cheek tothe smiter. He knew that women were good in a, ratio commensurate with their beauty - that while an old or ill-favoured woman might be vengeful and dishonest, it was manifestly impossible for a young and charming girl to have a wicked thought or mo tive. As he had no sisters, and his intercourse with young ladies usually began and ended with the lifting Of his hat, it was easy for him to know this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.