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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 7, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 10, No. 1.

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The last Word.

The victor in an argument can afford to dispense with "the last word." Many an angry controversy would be speedily terminated if each party would cease as soon as he is conscious of having beaten his opponent. It will help to reconcile a man to his suspension, to bear in mind that the public will not remember who had the last word; but they will remember who had the best of the argument. The truth makes the impression, and he who states it the most clearly, leaving it to do its own work, has the victory in his own hands, and can afford to let the enemy fire as many guns as he pleases to cover his retreat in smoke.