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Memoir. Vol. I. P. 262. Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.— THACKERAY — The Book of Snobs. Ch. I.

Society therefore is as ancient as the world.— VOLTAIRE — A Philosophical Dictionary.

Policy. Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life.— WORDSWORTH — Lines composed a few

miles above Tintern Abbey. Society became my glittering bride,— WORDSWORTH — The Excursion. Bk. III.

There is One great society alone on earth: The noble Living and the noble Dead.— WORDSWORTH — The Prelude. Bk. XI.