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Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

Emily Post

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Emily Post
Age: 87 †
Born: 1872
Born: October 27
Died: 1960
Died: September 25
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Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Price
Emily Price Post
Emily Bruce Price
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Manner
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Attitude

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