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With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Kind
Careful
Gentleness
Way
Loving
Tender
Kindness
Occasion
Regard
Manifest
Effects
Soft
Speak
Manner
Better
Occasions
Incalculably
Even
Effect
Rebuke

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