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By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 27 May 12 5:30 PM | 85 view(s)
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at my bro's school, the motto was manners makyth man. thought it was silly at the time.




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By: DigSpace
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Sun, 27 May 12 5:25 PM
Msg. 08091 of 54959

yup, the greater the distance, the greater the need for civility. Some history professor once argued as I recall that the whole field of manners was a consequence of the development of a merchant class and that by adhering to manners (even a napkin in the lap so to speak) is a means to acknowledge common purpose, or the requirement for a commons, in the face of sometimes obviously competing interests.


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