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Show SECRET OF GOOD MANNERS. SI Chiefly a Combination of Good Sense and Good Nature. jH A friend of yours and tnlno hns very justly defined good breeding to Wm bo "the result of much good sense 8j9 good nature and a llttlo self-denial for J1G1 the sake of others, and with n view Wn to obtain tho samo Indulgence from Ql them." Tnklng this for granted as 011 I think It cannot be disputed It la atjU astonishing to mu thnt anybody who Sm has good senso and good nature can essentially fall In good breeding. Aa to tho modes of It, indeed, they vary according to persons, 'places and clr- j cumstnnces nnd aro only acquired by '' observation and experience, but tho Uih substanco or It is everywhere and eternally the same. Good manners nro to part lnr societies what good jH morals nro to society In general their cement and security. And ns 41 laws nro enacted to onforco good morals or nt least to prevent tho ill effects of bad ones, so thero aro co.J-tain co.J-tain rules of civility, unlvorsnlly lm-plied lm-plied nnd received to enforce good manners and punish bad onos. Chesterfield. |