It is related of William E. Gladstone that at one time, when
he was a mere boy, he was invited to dine at the home of a
distinguished nobleman in England, who was also an official of
high rank.
His father, fearing that the child might in some way make
himself appear ridiculous in the eyes of the prominent gentry
who were to assemble at the same dining-table, gave him the
parting injunction, “Watch your host and do just as he does.”
Many men would get on in life more smoothly and attain success
more rapidly and surely if they were attentive to the examples
of their superiors. (Text.)
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