 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...  Abraham Lincoln - Page 69by William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 409 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New York Chamber of Commerce - Commerce - 1921 - 822 pages
...Committee on Arbitration, adopted LINCOLN'S admonition as follows : "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man." It co-operated" with the Chamber in the drafting and presentation of the proposed measure which is... | |
 | Law - 1908 - 398 pages
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 | Insurance law - 1962 - 870 pages
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 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 598 pages
...from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance." Discourage going to law. " Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point...often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of ' fc . "•WELL, BOYS,1 SAID HE, -IF THAT IS ALL, I AM SURE OF VOUR VOTES.' HE TOOK HOLD OF THE CRADLE... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...true of the Bench and of the Bar."— EDWARD O. RYAN. " Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighhors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them...peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of heing a good man. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely he found than one who does this.... | |
 | 1896 - 628 pages
...suit. In a few notes for a law lecture prepared about 1850, he says: " Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point...worse man can scarcely be found than one who does thfs. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 428 pages
...LAWYERS AS PEACE-MAKERS Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbor to compromise whenever you can. ... As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity...being a good man. There will still be business enough. Notes for a Law Lecture, July 1, l8¿O, vol. II, p. 142. No WRONG WITHOUT A REMEDY It is a maxim held... | |
 | Law - 1941 - 672 pages
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