When another speaks, be attentive yourself, and disturb not the audience.
- Topic: Communication, Listening, Public Speaking
- Location: Montana
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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