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But the genesis of Manners out of forms of allegiance and worship is above all shown in men's modes of salutation. Among the Romans, the salutatio was a daily homage paid by clients and inferiors to superiors. This was alike the case with civilians and in the army. The very derivation of our word, therefore, is suggestive of submission.
The very word' salutation' in the first place, derived as it is from' salutatio, the daily homage paid by a Roman client to his patron, suggests in itself a history of manners. "To bare the head was originally an act of submission to gods and rulers. A bow is a modified protestation. A lady's courtesy is a modified genuflexion.
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