George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior

He was an American Founding Father and the new nation 's first president, but before that, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732 1799) was an excruciatingly correct child with a passion for propriety. At the age of 14, he copied out 110 rules for elegant deportment from a work created by Jesuits in the 16th century as a guide for young gentleman of quality, and through these rules, which he took greatly to hear...