| Marshall Brown - Law - 1899 - 602 pages
...Notes for a Law Lecture," written in 1850, Lincoln drops some words of wisdom good for all time: " Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man." nearly a tiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1899 - 196 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
| Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 298 pages
...matters, if possible, and to avoid a suit In a few notes for a law lecture prepared about 1850, he says: "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. "Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
| Ida Minerva Tarbell - Presidents - 1924 - 290 pages
...lecture prepared about 1850, he says: "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromiie whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal...loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As * peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A 11 worse man can scarcely be found... | |
| Christianity and culture - 1901 - 382 pages
...he said: '•Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbor to compromise whenever you can. Point out how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in...peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of becoming a good man. There will still be business enough." He was never distinctly a partisan. If his... | |
| John George Nicolay - Presidents - 1902 - 604 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
| William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
| William Eleroy Curtis - Presidents - 1902 - 476 pages
...from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade 70 your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
| William Eleroy Curtis - Biography & Autobiography - 1903 - 478 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be ifund than... | |
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