Excerpt from The Principles of Courtesy: With Hints and Observations on Manners and Habits IT is the design of this work to illustrate and enforce the duty of Christian courtesy. The author was induced to write it by observing that nearly all who have treated of manners, have inculcated pernicious opinions, appealed to unworthy motives, and taught a heartless and selfish system of polite ness. Much of their advice a Christian cannot too carefully shun. Without pretending to remarkable piety or surpassing refinement, or presuming to pronounce a beatitude on those who may regard his own suggestions, he cannot but heartily respond to the words of the royal Psalmist: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.