A gift-appropriate, modernized adaptation of more than 100 maxims according to which the first president conducted his life shares insight into Washington's beliefs and the historical events of his time, in a lighthearted etiquette primer complemented by whimsical caricature illustrations.
Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior In Company and Conversation began as a school exercise in 1744 for George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America.
Taking his inspiration from a 16th century French manual on etiquette, young George Washington compiled his own set of instructions under the title, The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior.
We can all gain from imitating George Washington, whose ideas of dignity and respect for his fellow man began with these 110 rules. Copied into his study book as a boy, he followed these simple points of etiquette throughout his life.
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George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation