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The customs of social life need frequent restatingand adaptation to new needs. Theyare customs because they are the best rules ofconduct that have been garnered from the experiencesof succeeding generations under commonconditions.
To know them, to catch their spirit, and tofollow them in an intelligent way, withoutslavish punctiliousness but with careful observance,make one skillful in the art of socialintercourse, and at home in any society.
Etiquette will not take the place of character,nor of an accurate knowledge of human natureand the arts of practical li