Unthinking Denials.
It is the first instinct of the ignorant mind to deny an imputation without stopping to comprehend it. .Said an ironical mistress to her careless servant : •• Well, you certainly have a remarkable head on your shoulders ! " . " I haven't, ma'am," cried the girl, indignantly ; " I never had any at all ! " ■ An English schoolboy was suddenly and sternly asked by an examiner, " Who signe-1 Magna Charta ? " and though he knew very ■well that he personally was guiltless, he couldn't help trembling ac being suspected of anything which could be spoken of in such a tone, and at once renounced the act with alarm and indignation : j " Please, sir, I didn't " — adding, to make sure of safety, " and if I did, I'll never do it again." " Why, you stupid fellow," said the master ; " nobody said there was any harm in it. On the contrary, ib was a very proper thing to do." "Please, sir," called out another boy, "it was me, sir. I done it myself, sir."
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Otago Witness, Issue 1917, 17 August 1888, Page 38
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166Unthinking Denials. Otago Witness, Issue 1917, 17 August 1888, Page 38
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