Part 1

SHORT STUDIES IN ETHICS

AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK FOR SCHOOLS

REV. J. O. MILLER, M.A.,

Principal of Bishop Ridley College

TORONTO: THE BRYANT PRESS 1895

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture, by REV. J. O. MILLER, M.A., St. Catharines, Canada.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. DUTY 7

II. OBEDIENCE 15

III. TRUTHFULNESS 19

IV. COURAGE 24

V. PURITY 30

VI. UNSELFISHNESS 35

VII. HONESTY 40

VIII. FAITHFULNESS 45

IX. PROFANITY 50

X. JUSTICE 54

XI. BENEVOLENCE 59

XII. AMBITION 63

XIII. PATRIOTISM 68

XIV. BODILY EXERCISE 72

XV. HABIT 77

XVI. INDUSTRY 82

XVII. SELF-CONTROL 88

XVIII. SELF-RELIANCE 91

XIX. FRIENDSHIP 95

XX. GENTLEMANLINESS 100

XXI. COURTESY 105