Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Self-Help, Letters

Authors: Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield In Year : 1774

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman

000 - Introduction
001 - Letter 1
002 - Letters 2-5
003 - Letters 6-7
004 - Letters 8-10
005 - Letters 11-13
006 - Letters 14-15
007 - Letter 16
008 - Letter 17
009 - Letters 18-19
010 - Letters 20-21
011 - Letters 22-23
012 - Letters 24-26
013 - Letters 27-29
014 - Letters 30-31
015 - Letter 32
016 - Letter 33
017 - Letters 34-36
018 - Letter 37
019 - Letters 38-39
020 - Letter 40
021 - Letters 41-42
022 - Letters 43-44
023 - Letter 45
024 - Letter 46
025 - Letters 47-48
026 - Letter 49
027 - Letter 50
028 - Letter 51
029 - Letter 52
030 - Letter 53
031 - Letter 54
032 - Letter 55
033 - Letter 56
034 - Letters 57-59
035 - Letter 60
036 - Letter 61
037 - Letters 62-63
038 - Letter 64
039 - Letters 65-66
040 - Letters 67-68
041 - Letter 69
042 - Letter 70
043 - Letter 71
044 - Letters 72-74
045 - Letter 75
046 - Letter 76-77
047 - Letter 78
048 - Letter 79
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179 - Letter 214
180 - Letter 215
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184 - Letter 221
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209 - Letters 285-286
210 - Letters 287-288
211 - Letters 289-291
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214 - Letters 297-299
215 - Letters 300-302
216 - Letters 303-305
217 - Letters 306-307
218 - Letters 308-310
219 - Letters 311-316
220 - Letters 317-320

Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was at one time Ambassador to the Hague, negotiated the second Treaty of Vienna, was a founding governor of London’s Foundling Hospital, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Secretary of State. Having no legitimate children, his heir was his third cousin (another Philip) whom he adopted. Although known as a hard, calculating man, he is most well known for his letters to his natural son (i.e., illegitimate son) (also called Philip). When Philip died in 1768, the letters are addressed to his grandchildren (Philip’s two sons, Charles, and, yes, Philip!). (Sibella Denton)

From the introduction: “The proud Lord Chesterfield would have turned in his grave had he known that he was to go down to posterity as a teacher and preacher of the gospel of not grace, but—"the graces, the graces, the graces." Natural gifts, social status, open opportunities, and his ambition, all conspired to destine him for high statesmanship. If anything was lacking in his qualifications, he had the pluck and good sense to work hard and persistently until the deficiency was made up. Something remained lacking, and not all his consummate mastery of arts could conceal that conspicuous want,—the want of heart.

Teacher and preacher he assuredly is, and long will be, yet no thanks are his due from a posterity of the common people whom he so sublimely despised. His pious mission was not to raise the level of the multitude, but to lift a single individual upon a pedestal so high that his lowly origin should not betray itself. That individual was his, Lord Chesterfield's, illegitimate son, whose inferior blood should be given the true blue hue by concentrating upon him all the externals of aristocratic education.”