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Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness

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GOLDEN STEPS TO RESPECTABILITY, USEFULNESS, AND HAPPINESS Being a Series of Lectures to Youth of Both Sexes, on Character, Principles, Associates, Amusements, Religion, and Marriage by JOHN MATHER AUSTIN Author of _Voice to Youth_, _Voice to Married_, etc., etc. Auburn: Derby, Miller, and Company 1851 "Onward! onward! Toils despising, Upward, upward! Turn thine eyes, Only be content when rising,
Kitty\'s Class Day and Other Stories

KITTY'S CLASS DAY "A stitch in time saves nine." "O Pris, Pris, I'm really going! Here's the invitation--rough paper--Chapel--spreads--Lyceum Hall--everything splendid; and Jack to take care of me!" As Kitty burst into the room and performed a rapturous _pas seul_, waving the cards over her head, sister Priscilla looked up from her work with a smile of satisfaction on her quiet face. "Who invites you, dear?" "Why, Jack, of course,--dear old cousin Jack. Nobody else ever thinks of me, or cares whether I have a bit of pleasure now and then. Isn't he kind? Mayn't I go? and, O Pris, what _shall_ I wear?" Kitty paused suddenly, as if the last all-important question had a solemnizing effect upon both mind and body.
Fix thy goal amid the skies." [Illustration] CONTENTS. LECTURE I. THE VALUE OF A GOOD REPUTATION LECTURE II. THE PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES OF LIFE LECTURE III. SELECTION OF ASSOCIATES LECTURE IV. THE HABITS AND AMUSEMENTS LECTURE V. THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS LECTURE VI. MARRIAGE