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Enquire within upon everything
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Robert Kemp Philp
687
1983.
Hints
upon
Personal
Manners.
It
is
sometimes
objected
to
books
upon
etiquette
that
they
cause
those
who
consult
them
to
act
with
mechanical
restraint,
and
to
show
in
society
that
they
are
governed
by
arbitrary
rules,
rather
than
by
an
intuitive
perception
of
what
is
graceful
and
polite.
1984.
Unsound
Objection.
This
objection
is
unsound
because
it
supposes
that
people
who
study
the
theory
of
etiquette
do
not
also
exercise
their
powers
of
observation
in
society,
and
obtain,
by
their
intercourse
with
others,
that
freedom
and
ease
of
deportment
which
society
alone
can
impart.
[BETTER
GO
TO
BED
SUPPERLESS
THAN
RISE
IN
DEBT.]
1985.
Books
upon
Etiquette.
Books
upon
Etiquette
are
useful,
inasmuch
as
they
expound
the
laws
of
polite
society.
Experience
alone,
however,
can
give
effect
to
the
precise
manner
in
which
those
laws
are
required
to
be
observed.
1986.
Simple
Hints.
Whatever
objections
may
be
raised
to
the
teachings
of
works
upon
etiquette,
there
can
be
no
sound
argument
against
a
series
of
simple
and
brief
hints,
which
shall
operate
as
precautions
against
mistakes
in
personal
conduct.
1987.
No
Gossip.
Avoid
intermeddling
with
the
affairs
of
others.
This
is
a
most
common
fault.
A
number
of
people
seldom
meet
but
they
begin
discussing
the
affairs
of
some
one
who
is
absent.
This
is
not
only
uncharitable,
but
positively
unjust.
It
is
equivalent
to
trying
a
cause
in
the
absence
of
the
person
implicated.
Even
in
the
criminal
code
a
prisoner
is
presumed
to
be
innocent
until
he
is
found
guilty.
Society,
however,
is
less
just,
and
passes
judgment
without
hearing
the
defence.
Depend
upon
it,
as
a
certain
rule,
that
the
people
who
unite
with
you
in
discussing
the
affairs
of
others
will
proceed
to
your
affairs
and
conduct
in
your
absence.
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