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Some men have a failing which is a source of
great annoyance to others – & for which they pay the penalty by
making their conversation less agreeable – & even at times making
their conversation intolerable. It is the habit of stickling
for the last final word. Right or wrong in the controversy –
subdued or victorious, there are persons who insist on exercising
the petty & vexatious despotism of uttering the last sentence
that is uttered. It This disposition is the outbreak of pride in a very
offensive shape – it is the usurpation of dominion over the
self-love of other men – on a ground where men are ordinarily
most sensitive. It is in fact a determination to humiliate
him with whom you have been holding intercourse – to humiliate
him, not by the success of an irresistible argument – but
by the intrusion of a tyrannic power. Avoid then the
act – lest the act should create the habit – & if the habit
exist extra-regarding prudence requires that it should be
got rid of. Watch yourself – & inquire of any friend on
whose sincerity you can rely on – inquire if you are quite
sure that you will not be hurt by bis reply – whether
the infirmity is exhibited by, or has been observed in you.
And if it be correct the infirmity.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	438	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f123
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[top of motif]]]
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	5654
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