1902
Are We an Impolite People?
Before the question can be in-
telligently discussed, we
must arrive at
a clear un-
derstanding of the word po-
lite. Then we, for are we not the
people, can measure ourselves
by a correct standard and ans-
wer according
to the facts.
After a thorough search
through Webster, tracing out the
meaning of
every synonym, and
with growing respect for a word
of two syllables that
can mean
so much, the impression left
is that politeness really means
the
art of correct living. Its syn-
onyms are courtesy, good-breed-
ing, manners,
deportment, ur-
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