"Manners are of more importance than laws. Upon them, in a great measure, the laws
depend. The law touches us but here and there,
and now and then. Manners are what vex or
smooth, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase,
barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady,
uniform, insensible operation, like that of the
air we breathe in. They give their whole form
and color to our lives. According to their quality,
they aid morals, they support them, or
they totally destroy them."
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