"_Rules of Behavior_" 61
AFFORDING TO THE READER ANOTHER AND HIS LAST GLIMPSE OF
WASHINGTON AS A SCHOOL-BOY. HERE HE WILL LEARN OF WASHINGTON'S
MANY INGENIOUS MODES OF GAINING AND RETAINING KNOWLEDGE, AND HIS
HABITS OF PUTTING IT TO PRACTICAL USES; AND WILL FIND HIS RULES
OF BEHAVIOR IN COMPANY AND IN CONVERSATION, WRITTEN AT THE AGE
OF THIRTEEN, WHICH UNCLE JUVINELL WOULD EARNESTLY RECOMMEND HIM,
AND, IN FACT, ALL HIS READERS, BE THEY BOYS OR GIRLS, MEN OR
WOMEN, TO STORE AWAY IN THEIR MEMORIES, IF THEY BE DESIROUS OF
GROWING IN VIRTUE. AND OF DEPORTING THEMSELVES IN SUCH A MANNER
AS TO GAIN THE GOOD-WILL AND ESTEEM, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE
HAPPINESS, OF ALL AROUND THEM.