Manners and Conduct in School and Out by Anonymous
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page 31 of 31 (100%)
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1) The finer you are, the more certain you will be to practice in your
own home every courtesy which you know is due elsewhere. If you are not polite and considerate in your home, you cannot help showing that fact away from home. 2) The spirit that aims at giving pleasure rather than annoyance or pain will not wish to take any "vacation." At first, the courteous thought and act may require conscious effort. Persistent practice, however, crystallizes this conscious effort into confirmed habit; the result is, a _lady_, a _gentleman_. |
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