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Show LIES AND UNTRUTHS. With very few exceptions, all assertions asser-tions may be divided Into two classes: Lies and untruths. Lies are those assertions as-sertions which the person making 'hem knows to bo not so and untruths are those assertions which 'the person making them docs not know to be so. Llca help to smooth over tho rough places ot life. Indeed, it It wero not for lies, llfo would bo almost unbearable unbear-able It would be unsociable to say the least. If wo had to confine ourselves our-selves strictly to tho truth, conversation conversa-tion would bo limited to such platitudes plati-tudes aa "two and two aro four," "tho squaro of tho hypothenuso Is equal to tho sum of the squares ot tho other two sides," "tho earth la round," "tho sun is on time to-day," and tho like. Whereas truth Is limited, minutely and painfully exclusive, ono has not to bo at all particular about lies. They may tako any form nnd disport In nny garb. A Ho never has to bo verified. Nevertheless, Never-theless, It la Just ns well to bear In mind that tho art of lying requires n certain degreo of consistency, for lies well-told and rigorously Insisted upon have been known to pass current ns truth for centuries, often to tho annoy-anco annoy-anco and hcadlcBsncsB of those who tried to set things right. Tho lid la human, to tell tho truth Impossible. Ellis O. Jonca, In Llfo. |