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to <gap/> him to the conversation. And the | <p>to give <gap/> him to the conversation. And the mistake <lb/> | ||
should be such as lead to annoy the annoy is & <lb/> | |||
the annoyed. It is not necessary to show that we have<lb/> | |||
been hurt by what may have been a want of temper —is<lb/> | |||
a want of liberality, — in the part of him who has been<lb/> irritated by the repression of opinions he took to be his own — it<lb/> | |||
is not necessary that you should give pain to the speaker <lb/> | |||
who in the introduction of a disagreeable <gap/> had <lb/> | |||
perhaps no intention to hurt the feelings of his neighbor<lb/> | |||
<gap/> not the conversation then by impervious reproof? — <lb/> | |||
nor win <add>by any instance? of</add> <foreign>animadversium</foreign> — the <foreign>animadversium</foreign><lb/> | |||
will not be <gap/> till other means have been <lb/> | |||
tried — If you can service the conversation away to <lb/> pleasurable topics, by any other than harmful agencies? —<lb/> <hi rend="underline">that</hi> is your duty.</p> | |||
<p>And, as a necessary consequence of this<lb/> | |||
the arts of benevolence cannot be better exercised <del>than</del><lb/> in occasions where we are forced as it were into the <lb/> | |||
company of others, than by the choice of pleasurable <lb/> | |||
topics of conversation — a little attention will discover<lb/> <del>what in</del> those topics. To detect what are the peculiar<lb/> | |||
<gap/> of another man's mind, — or experience — or <lb/> knowledge — is among the happiest of discoveries. <lb/> | |||
Its exercise is <gap/> complimentary to the other party<lb/> & instructive to ourselves.</p> | |||
to give him to the conversation. And the mistake
should be such as lead to annoy the annoy is &
the annoyed. It is not necessary to show that we have
been hurt by what may have been a want of temper —is
a want of liberality, — in the part of him who has been
irritated by the repression of opinions he took to be his own — it
is not necessary that you should give pain to the speaker
who in the introduction of a disagreeable had
perhaps no intention to hurt the feelings of his neighbor
not the conversation then by impervious reproof? —
nor win by any instance? of animadversium — the animadversium
will not be till other means have been
tried — If you can service the conversation away to
pleasurable topics, by any other than harmful agencies? —
that is your duty.
And, as a necessary consequence of this
the arts of benevolence cannot be better exercised than
in occasions where we are forced as it were into the
company of others, than by the choice of pleasurable
topics of conversation — a little attention will discover
what in those topics. To detect what are the peculiar
of another man's mind, — or experience — or
knowledge — is among the happiest of discoveries.
Its exercise is complimentary to the other party
& instructive to ourselves.
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sir john bowring |
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louis francois joseph le dieu |
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