A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding, by Jonathan Swift

<p>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. (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)</p> <p>Passage of laws against dueling in England, March 9, 1679.</p> <p> </p>