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Letters to His Son
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The Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman were written by the British nobleman, MP (Whig), ambassador, secretary of state (1746-48, see letter 27) and author Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1775).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The 320 letters were written during the time from 1746-71, when his (illegitimate) son first made the "grand tour" through Europe and its courts and later had a career as a British diplomat and MP. Also, they're quite troperiffic.The letters were published - against the wish of the lord himself - when they were found among the inheritance of the son. Samuel Johnson famously didn't like these at all, which may have to do with the fact that once he and the Earl clashed over the English Dictionary. | |
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Alternative Calendar: The Earl was behind the introduction of the Gregorian calendar to Britain and tells a bit about the story behind it, in letter 135. | |
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Artifact Title: Starting with letter 311, they go to the widow of his son instead. | |
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Attention Whore: Discussed. "They are always the heroes of their own fables; and think that they gain consideration, or at least present attention, by it. Whereas, in truth, all that they get is ridicule and contempt, not without a good degree of distrust; for one must naturally conclude, that he who will tell any lie from idle vanity, will not scruple telling a greater for interest." | |
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Amoral Attorney: "But the public lawyers, now, seem to me rather to warp the law, in order to authorize, than to check, those unlawful proceedings of princes and states" (letter 52) | |
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Armchair Military | |
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Armchair Military: "as that pedant talked, who was so kind as to instruct Hannibal in the art of war." (letter 93) | |
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