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Speak Well Of Others

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
September
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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- It' the pomtiou to spcak woü pt otiiers were univcrsally prcvaleut, liio world would beconie a comparative parndise, The oppoa'te dispositiou is tho Pandora box, wliidb, whcn opencd, filis ovrj neighbor bood witli paia ;nd sorrow. IIow muob happiiTees is inlerrupttd uud destroyed ! Euvy, jealousy, and the nialigaut spirit of cvil, wheo tlicy find vont y tbo lips, tro furth on tbeir missiou likc faul tienda, tu bkist the reputatiuti and pcaco of others. Evory oue bas bis ioipui fcctions, and iu tho coniluot of tbe best tbere wil) bú ocuasioüal faults, wliich imgjtlt seeni tojustify animadversión. It i a good rulo, howevor, when there is an occasion lor i'ault üudina-, to do it privately tü the crring one. TliL niay pi'üve salutary. It is a proof of interest iu the individual, whieb will generally be taken kindly, if the manner of doing il ia nol offensive.. Tho comuion and uuchristian rule, on the oontrary, is to proelaim the failings of othcrs to all but themelves. This is michristíaa and ehows a despicablo heart.

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Old News
Michigan Argus