Signification . . Polite. 
Emblem. Geranium. 
Sentiment .... Gentility. 
True politeness is the expression of kind feelings 
which spring from out the fountain of a pure heart. 
The quiet gracefulness of those bred in fashion’s cir¬ 
cles, is termed gentility. Where true kindness, and 
graceful manners meet in the same person, there we 
find true Christian courtesy, such as Paul oft 
taught; but which is sadly wanting in the young 
and thoughtless of modern days, — who rise not up 
before the hoary head, neither treat with reverence 
the venerable form of age. 
Genteel one may be ; —polite, one cannot, -without 
a pure heart overflowing with love and Christian 
sympathy for all mankind. 
