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A String of Pearls

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Sep 19, 1878

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 4, No. 35.

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A String of Pearls.

By Blaise Pascal

HOW TO REPROVE.—When we wish to reprove with profit, and show another that he is mistaken, we must observe on what side he looks at the thing; for it is usually true on that side, and to admit to him that truth, but to discover to him the side whereon it is false. He is pleased with this, for he perceives that he was not mistaken; and that he only failed to look on all sides. Now, one is not vexed at not seeing everything. But one does not like to be mistaken; and perhaps this arises from the fact that man can not naturally see everything, and that naturally he cannot be deceived in regard to the side that he looks at, as the apprehensions of the senses are always true.—Pascal.