Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good... American Legal News - Page 151921Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| North Carolina Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 368 pages
...performed, is the lawyer's glory. This is equally true of the Bench and of the Bar."— Edward G. Ryan. "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — hi fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of... | |
| 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... | |
| Law - 1906 - 688 pages
...would gain for him the admiration of the court and the respect of his opponent. Notes and Personals. "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds... | |
| 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... | |
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