There are little single things which men say and do, which give us a thorough insight into their character; and which enable us to construct a comple… - Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
" "There are little single things which men say and do, which give us a thorough insight into their character; and which enable us to construct a complete theory of what their nature is. And a thoughtful observer forms his estimate of those around him, often from remarking very little things: not so much by observing what men and women do when they are put on the alert, and think people are watching them, as observing their little sayings and doings when they are quite at their ease.
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About Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd (3 November 1825 – 1 March 1899), miscellaneous writer, son of Rev. Dr. Boyd of Glasgow, was originally intended for the English Bar but entered the Church of Scotland, and was minister latterly at St. Andrews.
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A. K. H. B.
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Andrew Boyd
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... St. Paul was right. It is just here as it is in fifty other things; there is the use of a thing and its abuse. The love of anything may be the root of much evil. The love of orthodoxy, of sound doctrine, what can be better than that? And yet I have known it lead to misrepresentation, lying, slandering, malice, and all uncharitableness.
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