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Show FOLKS' GOOD OPINION. Few persons do not vnluo tho good opinion of others. Pulling down tho character of someone else Is not tho way to build up your own; tho ruin of another docs not mean your building build-ing up. There nro somo a appear to think another's possessions somo-th'ng somo-th'ng taken from themsehes. This is a mistake To point out an error in another's character Is not to prove n corresponding virtue In ono's own. If wo decry another for being miserly, miser-ly, of dlsagreeablo disposition, extravagant extrav-agant or stupid, and expect the nearer near-er to d'c tho corresponding vlrtuo In ourEchcs, wo need to learn that this Is not what tho hearer usually seos. Hathcr ho hltiks how unkind such talk Is and attention Is called to fallings fall-ings In tho speaker which would probably prob-ably otherwise not havo been noticed. Let your chief aim bo to mako your-solf your-solf worthy of the good opinion ot others. oth-ers. HellttlliiR them Is a plain acknowledgment ac-knowledgment of a conscious fault ot your own. The wny to win tho good opinion of others Is to bo worthy of It If you nro you will not need to coll attention to It. |