 | New York Chamber of Commerce - Commerce - 1921 - 822 pages
...Litigation, afterwards becoming its Committee on Arbitration, adopted LINCOLN'S admonition as follows : "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...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... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 598 pages
...exception from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance." Discourage going to law. " Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you...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
...matters, if possible, and avoid a suit. In a few notes for a law lecture prepared about 1850, he says: " Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...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, l8żO, vol. II, p. 142. No WRONG WITHOUT A REMEDY It is a maxim held... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 280 pages
...drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbours 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 peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
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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... 
