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... The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - Página 40por Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 117 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| New York Chamber of Commerce - 1921 - 822 páginas
...Committee on Arbitration, adopted LINCOLN'S admonition as follows : "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out...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 - 1906 - 598 páginas
...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 out...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 - 1921 - 1066 páginas
...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.... | |
| Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association. Mid-Winter Meeting - 1928 - 688 páginas
...understand their desires and needs, urged lawyers as follows : "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser, in fees, expens.s, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity."... | |
| 1896 - 628 páginas
...a few notes for a law lecture prepared about 1850, he says: " Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out...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 - 1894 - 428 páginas
...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... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 280 páginas
...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 - 1899 - 602 páginas
...1850, Lincoln drops some words of wisdom good for all time: " Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out...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 - 1915 - 368 páginas
...equally true of the Bench and of the Bar."— Edward G. Ryan. "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out...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 - 1924 - 290 páginas
...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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