Letters On the Improvement of the Mind Addressed to a Lady
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Be not afraid to revive the subject, as soon as you find yourself able to subdue your temper: and then frankly lay open the conflict you sustained at the time ; by this you will make all the amends in your power for your fault, and will certainly change the disgust you have given into pity at least if not admiration. Nothing is more endearing than such a confession and you will find such a satisfaction in your own consci- ousness, and the renewed tenderness and esteem you will gain from the per...son concerned, that your task for the future will be made more easy, and your reluctance to be convinced will on every occasion grow less and less. The love of truth, and a real desire of im- provement, ought to be the only motives of argu- OF THE MIND. 101 mentation; and, where these are sincere, no dif- ficulty can be made of embracing the truth, as soon as it is perceived. But, in fact, people oftener dispute from vanity and pride, which makes it a grievous mortification to allow that we are the wiser for what we have heard from another.
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