keannu
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- Dec 27, 2010
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- Korean
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- South Korea
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- South Korea
1. I don't get "please to behave in a perfectly gentlemanly or ladylike manner." Does it mean "if you are perfectly well-behaved at home, you don't have to care about your behavior"?
2.Does this "while" mean "at the same time" or "on the other hand"?
3.Which does this "their" refer to? "natural respect and affection" or "each member of the family"? I think it's the former, but the translation goes the latter.
330-33
ex)...Do not fall into the absurd error of supposing that you may do as you please at home - that is, unless you please to behave in a perfectly gentlemanly or ladylike manner. The same rights exist there as elsewhere, and the same duties grow out of them, while the natural respect and affection which should be felt by each member of the family for all the other members, add infinitely to their sacredness. Let your good manners, then, begin at home.
2.Does this "while" mean "at the same time" or "on the other hand"?
3.Which does this "their" refer to? "natural respect and affection" or "each member of the family"? I think it's the former, but the translation goes the latter.
330-33
ex)...Do not fall into the absurd error of supposing that you may do as you please at home - that is, unless you please to behave in a perfectly gentlemanly or ladylike manner. The same rights exist there as elsewhere, and the same duties grow out of them, while the natural respect and affection which should be felt by each member of the family for all the other members, add infinitely to their sacredness. Let your good manners, then, begin at home.