Section 78. STAND UP[1] FOR WHATEVER IS TRUE, MANLY, AND LOVELY[2]. I.
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In[3] no place in the world has individual character more[4] weight than at a public school. Remember[5] this, I beseech[6] you, all you boys who[7] are getting into the upper forms. Now[8] is the time when you may[9] have more[10] influence for good or evil in the society you live in than you ever can have[11] again. Quit[12] yourselves like men, then; speak out[13] and stand up for whatever is true, manly, and lovely. Never (S. 68, N. 2) try to be popular[13], but only do your duty, and help[14] others to do theirs; and when you leave the school (S. 27, N. 8), the[15] tone of feeling in it will be higher than you found it, and so you[16] will do good to[17] generations of your countrymen yet unborn. For boys follow one another in herds like sheep, for[18] good or evil; they[19] hate thinking, and[20] have rarely any settled[21] principles.