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If from day to day our recollection recorded the little
circumstances which had given us pleasure in the conduct of
others – in order to dispose us to imitation for the benefit of
others – & on the other hand if the causes of annoyance created
by others were reverted to in our intercourse with our own
minds solely for the purpose of guarding against them in our
relations with our fellow men, – no day would pass without
treasuring up some addition to the store of virtue.
You leave your house in the morning. Many
circumstances may occur in which the knowledge of the hour of
your return would be useful – useful to your inmates – useful
to strangers. Mention therefore the time when you will probably
be at home – and be sure that the statement information be as correct as
your thoughtful anticipation will allow it to be. Wilful
mis-statement will be more mischievous than silence – it
will lower your reputation for veracity. Heedless mis-statement
though not equally pernicious with intended mis-statement
will be almost equally liable to cause annoyance.
A stranger calls. You are at home. Keep him
not waiting. His time is not yours, – nor are you to judge of
its value. If he call on you by appointment his claim
on your prompt attention is undoubted. Out of his weariness
from being kept in attendance will grow loss of reputation to
yourself – and when admitted his frame of mind will be
less pleasurable – less fitted for the discussion & dispatch
of the business that has brought him to you. The habitual
practice of keep requiring inferiors to lose their time
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