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Good manners are the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others, and to avoid all that gives needless uneasiness.

Catharine Beecher

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Catharine Beecher
Age: 77 †
Born: 1800
Born: September 8
Died: 1878
Died: May 12
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East Hampton
New York
Catharine Esther Beecher
Catherine Beecher
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