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6. 108 FOUR MINUTE ESSAYS
worth. They do not show off. They want to be known for exactly their actual value-or less. The little ones want to "make a good showing."
9. The high-minded do not MEDDLE. They do not want to know other people's concerns. They are reluctant to improve, re-form, or regulate their neighbors. But they are courteous, thoughtful, and ready with help when help is sought.
10. Finally, the exceptional folk are they with whom FAMILIARITY DOES NOT BREED CONTEMPT. The better you know them the more you value them.
How many such spiritual aristocrats do you know? How many of these marks do you find in yourself?
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NO GREATNESS WITHOUT TEACH
ABLENESS
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BOUT the most hopeful element in any human being's character I should reckon to be Teachableness. Whenever you meet a man who knows, and knows he knows, and wards off any proof of reasonĀing of yours with the impenetrable shield of a superior smile or the dull hostility of a deĀtermined eye, you feel that between you and him there can be no real dealings.
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