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October 17, 2013
“Clear your mind of cant...”
“My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, ‘Sir, I am your most humble servant.’You are not his most humble servant….You tell a man, ‘I am sorry you had such bad weather the last day of your journey, and were so much wet.’ You don’t care six-pence whether he was wet or dry. You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in society: but don’t think foolishly.” Dr. Johnson
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 17, 2013 8:54 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.