{"date":"March 9","id":"03-09","intro":["Swift regretted the laws against dueling because dueling at least was a good means of ridding the country of bores and fools. His keen eye penetrated social customs and saw the common sense that governed good manners."],"minutes":10,"readings":[{"author":"Jonathan Swift","end":103,"start":99,"volume":27,"work":"Treatise on Good Manners"}],"slug":"march-9","status":"proofread","title":"Common Sense and Good Manners","url":"/harvard-classics/march-9/","words":1986}