Saturday, July 10, 2010
K K KATIE
Guess Dr. Pepper hired a liberal democrat whose new math now defines Indivisble by Corporate America. How many times must you say the pledge...
Guess Dr. Pepper hired a liberal democrat whose new math now defines Indivisble by Corporate America. How many times must you say the pledge...to realize not divisible Under God hence the word Indivisble. It a pledge of Union, Oneness, One Nation what a grand concept how biblical.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
WHERE THE TEA PARTY BEGAN!
It started in the Green Dragon Tavern. If a
man ordered tea, he was a Tory. If he ordered coffee, he was a Patriot.
Today Statist drink Kool-Aid, and the Patriots drink Coffee, and or Tea.
George Washington's Rules of Good Behavior
Good Behavior, ca. 1746
The qualities that
would make George Washington a respected leader and a genuine hero of
American history were evident at a young age. General Edward Braddock,
Washington’s commander during the French and Indian War, wrote the
following appraisal to a friend in 1755:
"Is Mr. Washington among your acquaintances? If not, I
recommend you to embrace the first opportunity to form his
friendship. He is about twenty-three years of age; with a
countenance both mild and pleasant, promising of both wit and
judgment. He is of comely and dignified demeanor, at the same
time displays much self-reliance and decision. He strikes me as
being a young man of extraordinary and exalted character, and is
destined to make no inconsiderable figure in our country
(Kinnaird, George Washington, the
pictoral biography)
As a youth, Washington led a troubled life. His father died when he
was eleven. As a result, George spent much of his formative years living
with his older step-brothers, Austin and Lawrence. He received
some formal education between the years of six and fourteen, but the
majority of what he learned was home-spun.
One staple of his self-learning was a book entitled The Young Man’s
Companion published in London in 1664. The book’s title page
proclaimed that it was written "in a plain and easy style so that a
young man may attain the same, without a tutor." Included in the book
was a list of rules for proper social behavior that had been developed
by French Jesuits almost a century earlier. The thirteen or
fourteen-year-old George Washington would spend hours filling the pages
of his notebook with copies of these rules, many of which he modified to
better fit his own view of proper behavior. The boy entitled his
writings as the Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior In Company and
Conversation.
The result of young George's effort was two-fold. First, he was able
to perfect his penmanship – handwriting so immaculate that it was
commented upon throughout the rest of his life. Secondly, and more
importantly, he developed a set of rules that both reflected and molded
his sense of character and good behavior for the rest of his life. These
Rules of Civility were instrumental in the transformation of
the young boy who filled his notebook with them to the adult who would
become the “Father of His Country.”
Words to Live By
Washington's Rules of Civility contained
110 maxims. Here is a sampling:
1st 4th 6th 23D 44th 45th 46th 47th | 48th 49th 50th 56th 71st 89th 95th 109th 110th |
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References:
Murray, John Allen, George Washington's Rules of Civility (1942);
Kincaid, Clark, George Washington, the pictorial biography (1967);
Sparks, Jared, The Writings of George Washington, vol. 1 (1839).
How To Cite This Article:
"George Washington's Rules of Good Behavior, ca. 1746" EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2007).