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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Feb 17, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 7.

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Go Straight to the Point

By Christian Press

In writing, speaking or acting, it is best to secure at once the end proposed. There is no use when writing an article for a newspaper, to make long apologies—that is like building a porch before the house is built; far better plunge at once into the subject and make the most of it. In making an address the same principle is true—discuss the question on hand, if you wish to make a good impression. And it is just as true in any other action. If you wish to reach any particular place, go straight to it; it does not pay to go around five miles, when by walking two miles you can reach your destination.—Christian Press