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Ask yourself, "If I play this game, or wear these clothes, or dance this dance, am I degrading my ideal of myself in any way? ASK YOURSELF IF I PLAY THIS GAME OR WEAR THESE CLOTHES OR DANCE THIS DANCE AM I DEGRADING MY IDEAL OF MYSELF IN ANY WAY
 “wait and see!” It is as foolish to plunge with ardor into an untested new fad--which you may be ashamed of presently--as it is to treat it with antagonistic scorn and swear you will never have anything to do with it! Either course of action may possibly place you in an undesirable or ridiculous position after a while, when the fad or fashion has either shown itself to be vulgar and impossible--or has come to stay! Give no opinion upon any radically new departure, my child. Quietly and in your own mind weigh its merits and demerits, and see if they come above or below the standard of your own self-respect and the true sense of the fitness of things--and then presently decide for or against. Never be ruled by the outcries of old-fashioned people any more than you must be led away by the feather-brains of your own age. But when you have arrived at the moment for decision judge _the thing itself_ by those two standards that I have just indicated, and not by what anyone else thinks of it. PRIME MINISTER AND WAIT AND SEE IT IS AS FOOLISH TO PLUNGE WITH ARDOUR INTO AN UNTESTED NEW FAD WHICH YOU MAY BE ASHAMED OF PRESENTLY AS IT IS TO TREAT IT WITH ANTAGONISTIC SCORN AND SWEAR YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT EITHER CAUSE OF ACTION MAY POSSIBLY PLACE YOU IN AN UNDESIRABLE OR RIDICULOUS POSITION AFTER A WHILE WHEN THE FAD OR FASHION HAS EITHER SHOWN ITSELF TO BE VULGAR AND IMPOSSIBLE OR HAS COME TO STAY GIVE NO OPINION UPON ANY RADICALLY NEW DEPARTURE MY CHILD QUIETLY AND IN YOUR OWN MIND WEIGH ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS AND SEE IF THEY COME ABOVE OR BELOW THE STANDARD OF YOUR OWN SELF RESPECT AND THE TRUE SENSE OF THE FITNESS OF THINGS AND THEN PRESENTLY DECIDE FOR OR AGAINST NEVER BE RULED BY THE OUTCRIES OF OLD FASHION'D PEOPLE ANY MORE THAN YOU MUST BE LED AWAY BY THE FEATHER BRAINS OF YOUR OWN AGE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THE MOMENT FOR DECISION JUDGE THE THING ITSELF BY THOSE TWO STANDARDS THAT I HAVE JUST INDICATED AND NOT BY WHAT ANY ONE ELSE THINKS OF IT
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