There are two sides to every question. I have always believed that to insist on this truth, in season and out of season, is to play one’s humble part in civilising one’s country. For a civilised country is a country which weighs, without heat, without passion, without violence, both sides of a question.

Do not tamely acquiesce in what your elders say, and meekly imitate what your elders do, and unquestioningly adopt the life mapped out for you by the wisdom of your elders.