Name: Advice from the Founding Fathers: George Washington
Duration: 78
Description: When George Washington was young, he copied down 101 rules of social behavior that would later become a book of his titled Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.

When George Washington was young, he copied down 101 rules of social behavior that would later become a book of his titled Rules of Civility &amp; Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.

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Advice from the Founding Fathers: George Washington

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When George Washington was young, he copied down 101 rules of social behavior that would later become a book of his titled Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.

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