SHORT AND EFFECTIVE.
When Philip of .Maosdon sent a message to the Lacociaaa, saying: "If I enter Laoonia, Iwfll4s*eTyour city to the dust" they sent back the answer : "If." This sher* answer gives us the word "laconic," a form oTreply more effective, if rightly used, than any other weapon. John Wesler was ©nee confronted m a path by a blustering .fellow,, who said: "I never slake wftr/w'* fool." To which Wesley jwphed : "I always do." And he did.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13983, 14 August 1909, Page 5
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78SHORT AND EFFECTIVE. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13983, 14 August 1909, Page 5
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