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Though lots of the rules deal with things of etiquette - such as who should grow for whom in combined company - many matter far deeper things that touch on personal philosophies about judgment, honor, success, and conscience. As a peek in to the manners of an bygone age, this is an intriguing work. As a look into a great mean in his formative years, this is an extraordinary one. He was an North american Founding Dad and the new nation's first chief executive, but before that, George Washington (1732-1799) was an excruciatingly appropriate child with a love for propriety. At age 14, he copied out 110 rules for graceful deportment from a work created by Jesuits in the 16th century as a guide for young gentlemen of quality, and through these rules, which he got greatly to heart and soul, we can easily see the start of the man Washington would become taking shape.
