{"product_id":"emily-posts-etiquette-9780061816833","title":"Emily Post's Etiquette","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany who scoff at a book of etiquette would be shocked to hear the least expression of levity touching the Ten Commandments. But the Commandments do not always prevent such virtuous scoffers from dealings with their neighbor of which no gentleman could be capable and retain his claim to the title. Though it may require ingenuity to reconcile their actions with the Decaloguethe ingenuity is always forthcoming. There is no intention in this remark to intimate that there is any higher rule of life than the Ten Commandments; only it is illuminating as showing the relationship between manners and morals  which is too often overlooked. The polished gentleman of sentimental fiction has so long served as the type of smooth and conscienceless depravity that urbanity of demeanor inspires distrust in ruder minds. On the other hand  the blunt  unpolished hero of melodrama and romantic fiction has lifted brusqueness and pushfulness to a pedestal not wholly merited. Consequently  the kinship between conduct that keeps us within the law and conduct that makes civilized life worthy to be called such  deserves to be noted with emphasis. The Chinese sage  Confucius  could not tolerate the suggestion that virtue is in itself enough without politeness  for he viewed them as inseparable and \"saw courtesies as coming from the heart \" maintaining that \"when they are practised with all the heart  a moral elevation ensues.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45658895122485,"sku":"ByrdShop_0061816833","price":24.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780061816833.jpg?v=1782138011","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/emily-posts-etiquette-9780061816833","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}