Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890. Excerpt: ... SUMMARY. I should never speak words that are true in such a way as to make others believe what is not true. I should never act a lie. LESSON xvin. EXAGGERATION AND TELLING AS TRUTH WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW TO BE TRUE. Clara said she was "almost dead" when she was really somewhat tired. Afterward, when she wanted to take a walk with a friend, she said she was not one bit tired. Did she tell the truth either time? John.--No, ma'am. Teacher.--At first she made her story too large, or exaggerated the truth; then she made her story too small, or diminished the truth. One morning a boy went to his teacher and said: "Walter Clark is playing hookey to-day." Walter was in his seat at the time, so his teacher knew that the boy was wrong, but she wished to know why he had said it, so asked him why he thought so. He answered, "I saw him going toward the bay." "Does every boy who goes toward the bay play truant?" asked his teacher. "No," answered the boy, "not every boy, but Walter was going crabbing, for he had his crabbing not with him." "Well," said his teacher, "that did look a little like it, but do you know that he is playing truant because he was going toward the bay, and had his crabbing net with him?" "No," acknowledged the boy, "I don't know it, but I think so." When his teacher told him to look around the room, he saw Walter in his seat. Was it right for the boy to say that Walter was playing truant? Harry.--Xo, it wasn't right. Teacher.--Was it a falsehood? He thought it was true. Frank.--I don't know, but he hadn't any right to say it. Teacher.--I think it was a falsehood. He could truthfully have said that he thought it was so, but he couldn't truthfully say that it was so. Even if it had been true, he had no right to tell it as truth if he didn't know. SUMM...
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