Identifier: extractsfromnote00bost (find matches)
Title: Extracts from the note-book of Mr. Percival Pug : illustrated by sketches from his portfolio
Year: 1837 (1830s)
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Subjects: Christian life Boys -- Conduct of life Swine
Publisher: Boston : Printed by Torrey & Blair, No. 31 Cornhill
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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PETER PEPPER. 115 have had himself to repay him for his share ofthe pain ? Why—hed have had the noblesatisfaction of inflicting like pain upon a fellow-creature ; perhaps, as in the present case, upona friend. And this is what is called honor;and the principle is the same whether they areboys, or men, or nations, who fight for it.What do you think, reader ? Is this a wise andnoble principle ? I have been speaking of it as a matter ofpolicy: but how is it viewed as a moral right ?It will come in place here to relate a conversa-tion which took place between Peter and hisfather. The good man had been telling hisson how very wicked it was for children toquan-el and fight, in continuation of their con-versation in the last chapter. *• But, father, asked Peter, is it any worsefor boys to fight than for men ? No, my son, replied his father; it ismuch more wicked for men, inasmuch as theyhave so much better means of knowing what isright. But we always hear great generals praisedfor it, si

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