S.C. He always wore a shirt and tie and a hat. Never a cap. Always a hat. Christian symbols and rituals speak to the heart, forming in us an identity, even before our minds can grasp them. I suppose no one but Judge Keller does that anymore.
Gestures are a type of speech.
Show me the gestures a person performs, and I'll tell you the kind of world that person has created for herself or himself. Those who tip their hats or smile at strangers have created quite a different world than those who shake their fists and honk their car horns. Judge Keller's polite gestures not only were the product of a good heart. They also produced a good heart. Every time he tipped his hat this gesture shaped his life by reminding him of who he was, to say nothing of the civility it created in return.