Question

Read the following passage and make notes. A proper consideration of the value of time will inspire habits of punctuality. “Punctuality”, said Louis XIV, is the politeness of kings. It is also the duty of gentle men and the necessity of men of business. Nothing begets confidence in a man sooner than the practice of this virtue and nothing shakes appointment and does not keep you waiting for him shows that he has regard for your time as well as for his own. Thus punctuality is one of the modes by which we testify our personal respect for those whom we are called upon to meet in the business of life. It is also conscientious in a measure, for an appointment is a contract, expressed or implied and he who does not keep it, breaks faith as well as dishonestly loses character. We naturally come to the conclusion that the personwho is careless about time will be careless about business and he isn’t the one to be trusted with the transaction of matters of importance.​

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dishonestly loses character. We naturally come to the conclusion that the personwho is careless about time will be careless about business and he isn’t the one to be trusted