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of 'Please'. The passenger, entering the
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morning and was fined for the offence was
man in a City office, who threw a passenger out of his lift the other
"was lined for the offence was undoubtedly in the wrong. It was a question
the passenger, entering the lift said "Top'. The liftman demanded Top, please,"
demand being refused, the liftman hurled the passenger out of the lift.
ue it is true that there is no law that compels us to say 'Please', there is a social
Pace much older and much more sacred than any law enjoins us to be civil. The first
requirement of civility is that we should acknowledge a service. Please' and 'Thank you'
ve me small change with which we pave our way as social beings. They are the little
courtesies by which we keep the machine of life oiled and running sweetly. They put our
interaction upon the basis of a friendly co-operation and easy give-and-take instead of
superiors dictating to inferiors. It is a very vulgar mind that would wish to command
when he can have the service for asking and have it with willingness and good feeling
instead of resentment.
If bad manners are infectious, so also are good manners. If we encounter incivility
most of us are apt to become uncivil but it is an unusually uncouth person who can be
disagreeable with sunny people. It is with manners as with weather. "Nothing cheers
up my spirits like a fine day," said Keats, and a cheerful person descends on even the
gloomiest of us with something of the benediction of a fine day.
It is a matter of general agreement that the war has had a chilling effect upon these
little everyday civilities of behaviour that sweeten the general air. We must get those
civilities back if we are to make life kind and tolerable for each other. We cannot get
them back by invoking the law. The policeman is a necessary symbol and the law is a
necessary institution for a society that is still somewhat lower than the angels, but ​

Answer 1

Courtesy is an integral element for a happy living. To run the machine of life sweetly and politely you need to be courteous.

Explanation:

• The main idea of this passage is about "courtesy".
• Please and thank you are the courtesy words and associated with politeness.
• Please is used to politely ask for something.
• In this passage, the main focus is on courtesy.
• Courtesy is an integral element for a happy living. To run the machine of life sweetly and politely you need to be courteous.
• Courtesy gives you the a good feeling instead of resentment on your acts.

Answer 2

Answer:

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