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George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway
by George Washington, Moncure Daniel Conway
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92 totalTO MY SON EUSTACE CONWAY - THE RULES OF CIVILITY.
NOTE.
MAXIMES, CHAP. II. - Chapter ii. 1. Que toutes actions qui se font publiquement fassent voir son sentiment respectueux à toute la compagnie.
Chapter ii. 3. Gardez-vous bien de toucher de la main aucune partie de vostre corps, de celles qui ne sont point en veuë, en la presence d'aucune autre personne. Pour les mains, & le visage, cela leur est ordinaire. Et afin de vous y accoustumer pratiquez ce poinct de ciuilité mesme en vostre particulier.
Chapter ii. 4. Ne faites pas voir a vostre compagnon, ce qui luy pourroit faire mal au coeur.
Chapter ii. 5. Ne vous amusez pas à chanter en vous mesme, si vous ne vous rencontrez si fort à l'écart qu'aucun autre ne vous puisse entendre, non plus qu'à contre-faire le son du tambour par l'agitation des pieds ou des mains.
Chapter ii. 8. Quand vous toussez ou quand vous esternuez, si vous pouuez estre le maistre de ces efforts de nature, n'éclatez pas si hautement & si fort. Ne poussez soûpirs si aigres que les autres les puissent entendre.
Chapter ii. 11. C'est vne inciuilité & vne impertinence de dormir, pendant que la cõpagnie s'entretient de discours; de se tenir assis lors que tout le monde est debout, de se promener lors que personne ne branle, & de parler, quãd il est temps de se taire ou d'écouter. Pour celuy toutesfois qui a l'authorité, il y a des temps & des lieux où il luy est permis de se promener seul, comme à un Precepteur qui est dans la classe.
Chapter ii. 12. Il n'est pas seant d'auoir son liet en mauuais ordre dans sa chambre, non plus que de s'habiller en la presence des autres, ou de s'y dépoüiller, ou de sortir de sa mesme chambre à demy habillé, couuert de sa coiffe, ou bonnet-de-nuiet, de rester debout en sa chãbre ou estre attaché à son pulpitre auec sa robe ouverté. Et quoy que vous ne manquiez pas de serviteur qui prenne le soin de faire vostre liet; toutesfois en sortant, prenez garde de le laisser découvert.
Chapter ii. 15. Il est mal-seant, dans le jeu, ou aupres du feu de faire attendre trop long-temps ceux qui viennent à s'y presenter.
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In this listening experience you’ll hear a teenage George Washington’s own handwritten guide to proper conduct. At fourteen or fifteen, the future leader compiled a list of 110 maxims covering everything from the correct use of a fork to the etiquette of deference toward “persons of quality.” Though some lines have been lost to time and even to the gnawing of Mount Vernon mice, the surviving passages still echo the modest, disciplined spirit that would later define the nation’s first president.
The edition is presented by a diligent scholar who transcribes Washington’s original spelling and punctuation without alteration, clearly marking the illegible bits where the manuscript is damaged. Brief historical commentary follows each reading, placing the rules within the boy’s education and the cultural expectations of the 1740s. Listening to the rules read aloud gives a vivid sense of the manners that shaped early American life and the personal aspirations of a future icon.
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George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (150K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
Apr 1, 2004
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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About the authors
George Washington
1732–1799
A planter, soldier, and statesman, he became the commanding figure of the American Revolution and the first president of the United States. His life also reveals the contradictions of the nation’s founding, including his deep ties to slavery at Mount Vernon.
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Moncure Daniel Conway
1832–1907
A Virginia-born minister who broke with his slaveholding background, he became a fierce abolitionist, an independent religious thinker, and a prolific man of letters. His life bridges American reform, transatlantic debate, and the restless intellectual spirit of the 19th century.
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