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Excerpt from The Well-Groomed Man Being a Disseration on Art in Dress Art in Dress. When he reaches an age at which he is capable of controlling his own affairs the world begins to estimate his character and his talents by the man ner in which he drapes himself. Apostles of Error may endeavor to teach him that a man is not to be judged by the coat he wears, but he soon discovers that they are false prophets, uttering lies. Not only are men judged by the coats they wear, but by the hats, the shoes, the shirts, the ties, the jewelry, and indeed, aside from the countenance, there is no other means available to us for reading the characters of the vast majority of those we meet in the various walks of life The king on his throne, the minister in his pulpit, the advocate at the bar, the business man at his desk, the solicitor entering your office, the applicant for employment, is instantly put on trial on the circumstantial evidence of his apparel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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