Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 by Charles Sylvester
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Learn to box, then, as you learn to play cricket and football. Not one
of you will be the worse, but very much the better for learning to box
well. Should you never have to use it in earnest, there's no exercise in
the world so good for the temper, and for the muscles of the back and
legs.
As to fighting, keep out of it if you can, by all means. When the time
comes, if it ever should, that you have to say "Yes" or "No" to a
challenge to fight, say "No" if you can--only take care you make it
clear to yourselves why you say "No." It's a proof of the highest
courage, if done from true Christian motives. It's quite right and
justifiable, if done from a simple aversion to physical pain and danger.
But don't say "No" because you fear a licking, and say or think it's
because you fear God, for that's neither Christian nor honest. And if
you do fight, fight it out; and don't give in while you can stand and
see.
PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
NOTE.--The pronunciation of difficult words is indicated by respelling
them phonetically. _N_ is used to indicate the French nasal sound;
_K_ the sound of _ch_ in German; _ue_ the sound of the
German _ue_, and French _u; oe_ the sound of _oe_ in foreign
languages.
AGINCOURT, _aj' in kort_, or _ah zhaN koor'_
ATHELSTANE, _ath' el stane_
AYTOUN, (Wai. E.) _ay' toon_
CAERLEON, _kahr le' on_
CHEYENNE, _shi en'_
DUQUESNE, _du kayn'_
FROUDE, _frood_
GALAHAD, _gal' a had_
GHENT, _gent_
GRANTMESNIL, _groN ma neel'_
GUINEVERE, _gwin' e veer_
HOUYHNHNMS, _hoo' in 'ms_
LEIODES, _le o' deez_
MARACAIBO, _mahr ah ki' bo_
OTAHEITE, _o tah he' te_
POITIERS, _pwaht ya'_
SEINE, _sayn_
SIOUX, _soo_
SKALD, _skawld_
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