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Keep clear of personalities in conversation

From the September 1910 issue of The Christian Science Journal


Keep clear of personalities in conversation. Talk of things, objects, thoughts. The smallest minds occupy themselves with persons. Do not needlessly report ill of' others. As far as possible, dwell on the good side of human beings. There are family boards where a constant process of depreciating, assigning motives, and cutting up character goes forward. They are not pleasant places. One who is healthy does not wish to dine at a dissecting-table. Keep the atmosphere as pure as possible, and 'fragrant with gentleness and charity.—

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