Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever …

Abraham Lincoln
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ✨ Notes for a Law Lecture, ca. 1 July 1850
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ✨ Notes for a Law Lecture, ca. 1 July 1850

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