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VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. LJ•: C'.flO CEU'l'A PHODEST, YAH-IA DEL.E C 'IA'L Sc uc ca.
VOL. I.
BOURBONNAIS GROV£ 1 ILL FRIDAY MarG~ 1 30 1833 A GENTLEMAN.
flo w o ften clo we h e:1 r the rem:1rks-ye!', s nch a mnn is n scho lnr ; t'\:ch ;. m ~ 11 is n g<·(•d n ·. ct h ~nic; fnc!J n m::n · is ~ u ecc~sful in hu s ines~-bnt yet he is not a geutl elll'•ll . Fn ·m >'ueh 1-IMc·n :cJ Jts the rc :~ dy in1C.rence follows, tb:~t ,.;ume<h in g, ~ome :'<peci:ll r eq1:i f< itc over ~nd nbove ~dl otlwr qu:~liLi\'" mu~t l:e po"se,se d l ·y , tl Jld Fho ulcl ~hinc f< ·r·l·h in ,::> l\!:111 in nrdl'r thnt he m:1y r.ppenr in ou r ~.rc~ Rt< elcv: ·. ted :1bove the mnteri ,; l pl:1 11e wher<!On he I >lJ• ·•·" and toi ls. :-luei.J iu our opinion is the f!ll "lity of gc: . l mnm:o.·~~, \.he bck of w!J i,.h is so r:Jeogn i.zr,b le in the bnsy world nrounrl. u;;, if not even evi•1encing itselJ i11 the i1mer s~..:rwtn1.rics uf the hom e, :>micl the r:H1hn~ <'mbcrs of the domestiC he:1 rth. A genLleman lll 'l.Y be d c(ilic< l :1s one, wh•J p • 1<; :;c~.~c~ , L1 th e hi;;he.,t degre e, nil t.hc nr1ble~t tnits of t he mflscnlinc sex com bi ned with the g·cntler, the more tende r, t he nlmos t :tnge lic c:h:, ncterist.ic~ ,.,f the feminine kind. A gei J ~ l c m fl n i:> one th:1t posse~<~Ps brnvn:(;;" v:; lo ur , ]J:' t i.ence, te n (1 ernc~s. eh1rity, lo v e of co nn try nnrl love o!' <"orl. H e is a gentle m1n th nt ~ccks the needy iri his el :' y-llllilt. c:1bin nnd nssists b y words nnd by worb. lie i~ n. gcntkmn n , th:: t "·hen fiod o r Country c·l\ls him. g• ><' ~ fr>rth to fight the b ~ ttle s of R ig ht nn d to <1<'s t rr •y tlw ~ uppnrter~ uf Trrong. i \ gentlemnn is one who pr csc rn·~. ~ " fhr 1.~ hnm :' n 111 tn re will pe rmit, ~ n nnrl\tn erl 1em p er cmi <l t ho vicis~itu r1c..; ofli l'e. Inn worrl :1 gentlcm ~'n i ~ (•n e who c< •mforts the rli s trc~~e cl , conso les the nlllicLe(1nnr1 sym p:ttlti z es with t he eit·ciing P ee;; of hnm :~ nit_y in gen er:;\, knowing th:1 t h e himsel f ::;buulrl uot ]H, ~~ hrnkC'n o rru s'.Y link in t h ·1 t gTP 1t Ch >l inoff'ri eJJrhhip ·t'l·: t shn:Jl •l perpet rnlly nnitc" ll n·1t io ns :1nrl oll inr1ividunl· un m " tln whnt c:ree. <l. nom:lt.tC'rwh::tn :Jtion nldistincti ~: ns m ~ )· C'xist; :l S nll h ~ ve the E:l lnc F nLhe r, the SJ!]IrC'Jn\' r:orl <>f hcc Yf'll . .As l !0 11l :1 ll h er e below i ~ pC'rfec t nnrl l•s th e \' ~ rlh C' Onscqncntly cn n HOt ft 1rr.i f h th e tr11e~ t Jnorlcl of:< gcnt lcin " n fi•r onrimit·1tiou, y e t t h ere i ~ 0nc '' h" l •y :~~sn mi1~ g our h nm''ll n nturc h ·>s C']cyctecl thr. ~ · tme from th :<t r\c ·~nr h. tion into whi ch it h :1.rl fdl en l11 ro u.e:h the ~ in of A dam - h e is the on ly one thnt we e :' n :J.]l(l shnnlrl nlwnys r efer Lo wi th g lo r_y an r1 prid e; w e men11 the Gorl-M:1n .Tesu~ Christ. Jf VI' C ('~l rf'fnll.v peruse nn rl merlitnte npon th e life o f Chris t; in llim , the fount~in, whcacc (lowe (\ a ll g ra ces
· [l.n rl blessi ng::: t o the hnm:<H i:Jmily, in Ilim clo we find a ll th ose n:J tm=< ln s well :'s improv c<l qn:1liti es Ll:nt g o to m "ke 11 p a perfect gentle man .. His m :tnifcsted tendern ess for Hi s mother, when :1, yont.h fiS we ll :1s wheu ~. mnn; Il is rcsp01~se to ·h cr ou fi :1ding Uim in the T emple o f J e rn s:tle m ; [-lis c h~ngeing witter into wine nt her re(jnest at the m nrri "ge fc <1s t of C11.n :1 ; Uis r :1 ising t h e wiclow's son to life; Ui s que lli ng of t c:n p0st ; His v :trio ns resp:1!Jses t.o the J cw~, wbcsc qnest i<m~ conlil elicit th e m cs t UJ l Lo unc1erl wr ~; l h ; Tlis n ltimfltc nnswer s befo re H erod, J>iJ;: te ilml ('n iph ns ; His h st te:tchin g anrl h e~rt-r e ndin g wo rds o n Cn l very's hi!ltops-:J!l of th ese, regn.rcle<l from n, hum nn p oint o f view, show ns, m:1rk plninly wlw,t these inl'sttmc.l:J!e qtrci.l{tif!s sh ou ld he t lnt const it nt c a tru e gell tlC'JU1JJ.
Goorl clothl's, goorl looks, showy j ewelry, d ~ n g lin g nn rl a dnzlii1g p r ofn~ion of ring~ do not.constitnte a gent l cm~n, mnch less rlo they te ncl tow:1 rd s th :1 t w :ttclw~
b c h ~ vi o ur ;mrl genera l dem e:uJor
th nt ch:w 'lcterizes a E rln c1tio n. exce llence in som e p ar t icula r nrt or science, or in all of' thPm do cs n ot , cn n not compcnsl te for th e w:-,nt o f p;entlcmnnly q n fl liti el', for tbi s o r tb :~ t :1tt·! innwnt is [l.t bcl' t i nsi g nifl c~ n t " ·hen comp:n·cd with tl1 c ·nw.>IJJ accmnp lishmeJ.ts, li1;:e l be m"I'Y ,,ncl Vfl ri egn.tecl flo wers of :1 p:n'te r tc, thfl t :1 re 11ce c~s:o ry to form n trnc gentl e men . Ancl incl cecl whil r men nr c many, certn in it is t h8t ge ntlemen fi re fen·, lllH1 th o, t t h e dt •c· ·s of cc rtnin fnmon s men in t hi s ''ise gencrntirm lll'C rbi ly r ehenrse<l b C':orc the a dmiring, gn.z iug th r ong o f the wo rld's speet1 t o rs ; wbilp the c1eecls o f cn r t.h 's nnh lcs t sons :llld rhu g h tc rs a re cr.t.ircly forgott eb. Tn ou r t im es t '1e cl e1th of som e n otcr1 ln nrli t, th e cl e1th of 1. rli sting u is heel cl es p·•l';tdo , o r th e ;;hooting rl own of some hr ~ wny pu gili st, d\' m .'\JHls t h e first ph ec in th e colnmns o f our p~ pers. The Prc;;s tee ms with glowing :1cconn ts of th e so c~ ll N1 v :1lo nro a s r.ct ion s of s n ch ch ~ncte rs; t he minu test i nc i \l c ut~ eonnectcd witl1 t h e ir li ves nr e rl et'l ile el; bnt 0 11 t h e oth er h :111d t he nction o f n gen tlem an, tb c s~w in g of a so ul from etern:tl p erd ition, th e s nat ch ing from the wol Ye:; of society the bmbs t h :tt nr c d estin ed ror final s l:; ugh te r ; t h e offering o f a morsel to s:1 ve the bcggn.r' s Ji f'c; th e eo nsob t. ions olfcr ccl to the cl cJ'ol.. , te C!Jri ~t hn.
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wi <l ow :tnd t h e ln refootecl o rph an-:1 11 these are left unm culionc·l : ~m id tlic noted s1.;w> of pmgiTss of tll.is