The True Citizen, How To Become One

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THE TRUE CITIZEN, HOW TO BECOME ONE
BY
W. F. MARKWICK, D. D. AND W. A. SMITH, A. B.

PREFACE.
This book, intended as a supplementary reader for pupils in the seventh
and eighth grades of school, has been prepared with a view to meeting
a real need of the times. While there are a large number of text-books,
and several readers, dealing with citizenship from the political point of
view, the higher aspects of citizenship--the moral and ethical--have
been seriously overlooked.
The authors of this work have searched in vain for something which

would serve as an aid to the joint development of the natural faculties
and the moral instincts, so as to produce a well-rounded manhood,
upon which a higher type of citizenship might be built. The
development of character appears, to us, to be of far greater importance,
in the preparation of the youth for the discharge of the duties of public
life, than is mere political instruction; for only by introducing loftier
ethical standards can the grade and quality of our citizenship be raised.
It is universally conceded that ethics and civics should go hand in hand;
and yet pupils pass through our schools by the thousand, without
having their attention definitely called to this important subject; and
only an honest desire to aid in improving this state of affairs, has led to
the preparation of these pages.
The plan of the book is simple in the extreme. It consists of thirty-nine
chapters,--one for each week of the school year;--to eachof which has
been prefixed five memory gems; one for each school day. Especial
care has been taken to use only such language as will be perfectly
intelligible to the pupils for whom it is intended.
The largest possible use has been made of anecdote and incident, so as
to quicken the interest and hold the attention to the end. These
anecdotes have been selected from every available quarter, and no
claim of originality is made concerning them or their use.
Into each of those chapters which have to do directly with the
development of the natural faculties, or the moral powers, a "special
illustration" has been introduced; this being clearly marked off by the
insertion of its title in bold-faced type. To these special illustrations a
brief bibliography has been added, in order that a fuller study of the
character presented may be readily pursued where deemed desirable. It
is hoped that these special illustrations will not only serve to increase
the general interest; but that, by thus bringing the pupil into direct
contact with these greater minds, ambitions and aspirations may be
aroused which shall prove helpful in the later life.
A careful presentation of each separate theme by the teacher, will not
only increase the interest in the work of the schoolroom; but, by

developing a higher type of citizenship, will be a real service to our
nation.
THE AUTHORS.

CONTENTS.
I. THE CHILD.
I. THE EDUCATION OF THE NATURAL FACULTIES II.
OBSERVATION III. OBEDIENCE IV. CANDOR V. AFFECTION VI.
CHEERFULNESS VII. LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL VIII. LOVE OF
KNOWLEDGE
II. THE YOUTH.
IX. THE FIRST TRANSITION PERIOD X. INDUSTRY XI.
AMBITION XII. CONCENTRATION XIII. SELF-CONTROL XIV.
PERSEVERANCE XV. PROMPTNESS XVI. HONESTY XVII.
COURTESY XVIII. SELF-DENIAL XIX. SELF-RESPECT