Work - an offering

Paid Workers

True dignity

You should be very polite with those who depend upon you for their living. If you ill-treat them, they feel very much but cannot reply to you as man to man for fear of losing their job.

    There may be some dignity in being rough with your superiors, but with those who depend on you, the true dignity is to be very courteous.

The Mother

The way one is treated

I am sure that servants behave according to the way they are treated.

The Mother

Proper supervision

If you are sure that the servants are robbing, it proves that they are not properly supervised and you will have to look to it more carefully.

The Mother

Neither indulgent, nor severe

Don't be indulgent, don't be severe.

    They should know that you see everything, but you should not scold them.

The Mother

No scolding

It is very bad to constantly rebuke servants - the less

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you scold them, the better it is. When X asks you to scold them you must refuse to do so and tell him that I have forbidden you to do it.

    As for your co-workers, each one must be left free to do according to his own feelings.

The Mother

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