Excerpt from Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son, on Men and Manners, or a New System of Education: In Which the Principles of Politeness, the Art of Acquiring a Knowledge of the World, With Every Instruction Necessary to Form a Man of Honour, Virtue, Taste, and Fashion, Are Laid Down in a Plain, Easy, Familiar Manner Few Characters, among the nohility of this age and nation, are hetter known than that of the late ingenious and witty Earl (f Chesterfield; who was alike distinguished in the polite, the political, and the learned Circles. With a great portion of good sense, he possessed a perfect knowledge (f mankind 5 he was a complete gentle man and a delightful companion Blest with such rare talentsand ami able qualities, no man surely was ever more happily qualified to assume the Preceptor, and to dictate A System of Education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.