“If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.”
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
I can make more generals, but horses cost money.