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Georgy is Made a Gentleman

           Afewyearsbefore,heusedtobesavage,andinveighagainstallparsons,scholars,andthelikedeclaringthattheywereapackofhumbugs,andquacksthatweren’tfittogettheirlivingbutbygrindingLatinandGreek,andasetofsuperciliousdogsthatpretendedtolookdownuponBritishmerchantsandgentlemen,whocouldbuyuphalfahundredof’em.Hewouldmournnow,inaverysolemnmanner,thathisowneducationhadbeenneglected,andrepeatedlypointout,inpompousorationstoGeorgy,thenecessityandexcellenceofclassicalacquirements.

           Whentheymetatdinnerthegrandsireusedtoasktheladwhathehadbeenreadingduringtheday,andwasgreatlyinterestedatthereporttheboygaveofhisownstudies,pretendingtounderstandlittleGeorgewhenhespokeregardingthem.Hemadeahundredblundersandshowedhisignorancemanyatime.Itdidnotincreasetherespectwhichthechildhadforhissenior.Aquickbrainandabettereducationelsewhereshowedtheboyverysoonthathisgrandsirewasadullard,andhebeganaccordinglytocommandhimandtolookdownuponhim;forhispreviouseducation,humbleandcontractedasithadbeen,hadmadeamuchbettergentlemanofGeorgythananyplansofhisgrandfathercouldmakehim.Hehadbeenbroughtupbyakind,weak,andtenderwoman,whohadnoprideaboutanythingbutabouthim,andwhoseheartwassopureandwhosebearingwassomeekandhumblethatshecouldnotbutneedsbeatruelady.

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