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Preparing for Courtesy
It is wonderful how a gentle and amiable heart can win others. -St. Francis de Sales
If you trace the word back far enough, you’ll find that the word “courtesy” comes from two Latin words meaning “with a garden” (cum hortus). From there it came to mean the enclosed place around a building, and from there the building (or “court”) itself, and from there the behavior of the court.
Besides an interesting lesson in etymology, this gives a lead as to how to
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May 12th 2026