TO COG
c Lawrence Nowell
The Obedient Church of God
c Lawrence A
Nowell
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Lawrence A. Nowell
TOCOG
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A man whose manners suggest the grotesque is
invariably a person of imitation rather than of real
position. |
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| Etiquette must, if it is to be of more than trifling use, include ethics as well as manners. Certainly what one is, is of far greater importance than what one appears to be. A knowledge of etiquette is of course essential to one’s decent behavior, just as clothing is essential to one’s decent appearance; and precisely as one wears the latter without being self-conscious of having on shoes and perhaps gloves, one who has good manners is equally unself-conscious in the observance of etiquette, the precepts of which must be so thoroughly absorbed as to make their observance a matter of instinct rather than of conscious obedience. | |
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Thus Best Society is not a fellowship of the wealthy, nor
does it seek to exclude those who are not of exalted birth; but it
is an association of gentle-folk, of which good form in speech,
charm of manner, knowledge of the social amenities, and instinctive consideration for the feelings of others, are the
credentials by which society the world over recognizes its chosen
members.
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