 | 1906 - 1010 pages
...by Jesse W.Weik, in THE CENTURY for June, 1904. "Discourage litigation," was his advice to lawyers. "Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you...Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior... | |
 | Frederick Trevor Hill - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 364 pages
...the courts, set his face against such practice. "Discourage litigation," was his advice to lawyers. "Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you...Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior... | |
 | Greek letter societies - 1906 - 376 pages
...add to this advice the statement given by Abraham Lincoln in 1850 in his "Notes for a Law Lecture" : "Discourage litigation: Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them the nominal winner is often the loser — in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker the... | |
 | Frederick Trevor Hill - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 362 pages
...large sum in those days. But although he had won the fight, Lincoln was not satisfied with the result. "As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man," he had written as a theorist, and in practice he was still able to see that money damages do not heal... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1907 - 384 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 328 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...Cook. MA1U1l 2.1 are the peacemakers. .Matthew 5 : 9. Hitigation. (Notes from a law lecture, 1850.) Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...waste of time. As a peace-maker, the lawyer has a superiority of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse... | |
 | American Bar Association. Committee to Draft Canons of Professional Ethics - 1908 - 140 pages
...abuse and might be dealt with in some proper way by a Code of Professional Ethics." ABRAHAM LINCOLN: "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being- a good man. There will still be business enough. "Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than... | |
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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... 
