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The assumption of superiority, in a shape to came Among the various are the exhibitions by which superiority is assumed &
annoyance caused to others, by conversations is by
Imperative command – whether of injunction or prohibition
is among the most vexatious
Remember on all occasions that
Kind, costs a man no more than unkind, language.
To use kind language costs nothing at all: unkind
costs always more or less, oftentimes more than to them to the person more to him who employs it than even to those
by to whom it is addressed. Most of the small number of men But every man is bound to
whom by use it is addressed to any body. anticipate that unkind language will produce the
fruits of unkindness, that is suffering in the bosoms of
others.
The mandate which exacts obedience may
lose of the despotic character with which harshness
would invest it & become even pleasurable if communicated
in forms & terms of kindness. Men there are whom to
serve is in itself pleasurable from the consideration for
the feelings of others which accompanies their demands
for service.
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