tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post3834123838073728803..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): "Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior"genkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-91598832822767383582018-08-06T00:24:02.490-04:002018-08-06T00:24:02.490-04:00Here is a link to a PDF file containing the book, ...Here is a link to a PDF file containing the book, “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious” by George Washington. Originally published by D. Appleton and Company, 1855<br /><br />It is in the Internet Archive. It is downloadable in various forms including PDF, Kindle (MOBI) and iBooks (ePUB).<br /><br />https://ia802606.us.archive.org/26/items/maximswashingto00washgoog/maximswashingto00washgoog.pdf<br /><br />Going back to the late 1700’s made me think not only of an era of great (at least public) propriety and prudence but also of the likelihood of private debauchery that surrounded and was likelihood available to Washington and Franklin and the price those who engaged in such behavior paid in terms of health, reputation, and fortune.<br /><br />Also made me wonder in passing if Trump’s mind has suffered from his debauchery. Probably not, he was born that way.Andy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-72745051378908278052018-08-05T15:31:48.134-04:002018-08-05T15:31:48.134-04:00Thanks for this.
Washington’s list is quite compr...Thanks for this.<br /><br />Washington’s list is quite comprehensive and straightforward.<br /><br />From reading Ben Franklin’s “Autobiography” in high school I was aware of Franklin’s 13 Virtues (see http://www.thirteenvirtues.com/ ) approach to self improvement, but I have never came across George Washington’s 110 Points of Propriety.<br /><br />So now we have a little better idea why Washington was accepted as a guest in so many places. :-)<br /><br />It is a shame that over the last 250 odd years cynicism and moral weakness has overshadowed sincere efforts at self improvement within the general populace.<br /><br />Andy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-84754315657647355262018-08-05T10:14:07.258-04:002018-08-05T10:14:07.258-04:00I always thought check lists were for those who di...I always thought check lists were for those who didn't know what they were doing, or were forgetful.<br />olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.com