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“An excessive suavity of manners is not only displeasing, it is disgusting, for it is generally a sing of insecurity and deception.”

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Book:The Perfect Gentleman, Or, Etiquette and Eloquence: A Book of Information and Instruction ... Containing Model Speeches for All Occasions ... 500 Toasts ... the Duties of Chairmen of Public Meetings

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