If I were you, and other things . es wearisomely un-welcome. The man or woman who is always[14] 9!f 31 Wtvt gou punning, or always making tart rejoindersis by and by discounted, or even disliked;speech is robbed of sincerity, and the speakeris thought to be smart, or thought to be cold-blooded. Therefore, if I were you,and, as I repeat, were what I ought to be,I would watch myself lest I fall into thatquagmire. Forgive you?—0, of course, dear,A dozen times a week!We women were created Forgiveness hut to die before youd hurt me Intentionally? . . True,But it is not, 0 dearest, The th
If I were you, and other things . es wearisomely un-welcome. The man or woman who is always[14] 9!f 31 Wtvt gou punning, or always making tart rejoindersis by and by discounted, or even disliked;speech is robbed of sincerity, and the speakeris thought to be smart, or thought to be cold-blooded. Therefore, if I were you,and, as I repeat, were what I ought to be,I would watch myself lest I fall into thatquagmire. Forgive you?—0, of course, dear,A dozen times a week!We women were created Forgiveness hut to die before youd hurt me Intentionally? . . True,But it is not, 0 dearest, The thing you mean to do—IVs what you do unthinking That makes the quick tear start;The tear may he forgotten. But the hurt stays in the heart;And though I may forgive you A dozen times a day,Yet each forgiveness wears, dear, A little love away;And one day youll he grieving And chiding me, no so much forgivingHas worn a great love out,*[15] 31f gott wm 3i Faithful are the wounds of a Jriend. —The Book of AN we get a fresher andless hackneyed accent uponthe idea of our fancied ex-change of identities, by re-versing our previous title,and, instead of saying IfI Were You, say If You Were I? Atall events, let us try the of all, think of what stacks of sageadvice you would, at this moment, be givingto yourselves or to others like you!For example: If you were I, would you bemagnifying trifles? Possibly you would, andpossibly I am; but, if you were I, you wouldrun that risk for the sake of practical serviceto the girl friend whom you would be ad-dressing. If you were I, I am certain that you wouldurge upon me the cultivation of the art ofconversation, but would tell me not to con-strue this as a call to make conversation bril-liant. Surely to do that would be fatal to[16] 3if pou Wtu 31 good manners, since one would probably falleither into monologue, or into the custom ofsaying good things at anothers expense. If,in time, my conversation shou
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