To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

Emily Post

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Topic

Conformity Custom and convention

Author

Emily Post

Source

Etiquette

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Post, Emily. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home. Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922.

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Topic
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Author

Langston Hughes
Source
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1921 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." The Crisis, June 1921, I. 1.

Current Citation

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