(George) Washington's rules of civility and decent behavior in company and conversation

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InTheDesert
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https://archive.org/details/washingtonsrule00washgoog/page/n5/mode/1up
Sleep not when others Speak, Sit not when others stand. Speak not when you Should hold your Peace, walk not on when others Stop

Kill no Vermin as Fleas, lice ticks &c in the Sight of Others, if you See any filth or thick Spittle put your foot Dexteriously upon it if it be upon the Cloths of your Companions, Put it off privately, and if it be upon your own Cloths return Thanks to him who puts it off.
Medieval History Volume 02 The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundation of the Western Empire 99% 1 left! "The Carlovingian Revolution, and Frankish Intervention in Italy Part 3 by G. L. Burr"
DPL DPL 27 19 43
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