 | Samuel Scoville - 1918 - 100 pages
...that my hands are dirty, and that I have gone away to wash them," was the answer that he sent back. ' 'Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough." So LINCOLN IN EABLY MANHOOD. THE NEW YOPK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR,... | |
 | Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 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...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... | |
 | Reginald Heber Smith - Justice, Administration of - 1919 - 304 pages
...been deemed proper enough to be used as a preface to the American Bar Association Canons of Ethics:5 "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...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... | |
 | Simeon Eben Baldwin - Agency (Law) - 1919 - 216 pages
...lawyers was to keep their clients out of court when they could. " Discourage litigation," he said. " 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... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1920 - 120 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 - Illinois - 1920 - 362 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...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... | |
 | Courts - 1917 - 818 pages
...Informal Procedure in Chicago 23 Conciliation Made Easy—Iowa Bill 26 Act to Provide for Conciliation 27 Discourage litigation... Persuade your neighbors to...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... | |
 | Thomas Conyngton - Commercial law - 1920 - 472 pages
...Lincoln said, and the American Bar Association uses it as an introduction to its Canons of Ethics : Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to...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... | |
 | California. Commission of Immigration and Housing, 1913-1927 - California - 1920 - 64 pages
...and see if it can not be peacefully adjusted. Abraham Lincoln said : "Discourage litigation. Pursuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser — in fees, expenses and waste of time. ' ' If someone does wrong to you, and you do... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1921 - 292 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... | |
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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... 
