civility AGAIN

Daniel drdq at m5.sprynet.com
Sat Jan 16 23:06:29 PST 1999


Sorry, I can't resist. How about George Washington on civility? (Found this surfing the net tonight: online books: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/booktitles.html .)

This is just a selection:

"11th - Shift not yourself in the Sight of others nor Gnaw your nails.

12th - Shake not the head, Feet, or Legs rowl not the Eys lift not one eyebrow higher than the other wry not the mouth, and bedew no mans face with your Spittle, by appr[oaching too nea]r him [when] you Speak.

13th - Kill no Vermin as Fleas, lice ticks &c in the Sight of Others, if you See any filth or thick Spittle put your foot Dexteriously upon it if it be upon the Cloths of your Companions, Put it off privately, and if it be upon your own Cloths return Thanks to him who puts it off."

For more: http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers/civility/civ-tran.html

Quincy



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