Domestic Peace. —Would you know the secret of domestic peace and tranquillity, the charm which can harmonise the most dissimilar natures or the most conflicting prejudices, when they are gathered under one roof ? It may be summed up in two words- “ Avoid argument.” To argue is seldom to convince, but it is often to excite. Besides, the defeat of an argument leads to a loss of temper, and sometimes the victor and the vanquished are equal sufferers in the end. And how few things are worth argument after all!
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Western Star, Issue 281, 25 January 1879, Page 2 (Supplement)
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