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earnest or impassioned, for such characteristics are consistent with courtesy. What eloquence is in power to a man manners are to a woman. They must often be started on adventitious means, as when the consciousness of much soft ruffling round the neck helps in turning the head more gracefully. The art of never showing haste is one method of cultivating an outward, physical grace. Opportunities of saying kind, true words to friends should not be missed; admiration of people often leads to unconscious copying of their manners, the imitation fitting so well that it becomes rightful ownership. Even when old, and tired, and sad, the charm of pleasant manners cannot be destroyed, for all sense of self, or of endeavor to be brilliant, has been lost in the constant desire to draw out the good and bright in others. Sympathy, tact, earnestness, appreciation, cheerfulness, — a sense of humor, if possible, — grace of motion and speech, make good manners. They are as a

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