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Kang-Hsi's Sacred Edict - (Found June 29, 2008 )

IN every affair retire a step, and you have an advantage. Seeing men in haste, do not seek to overtake them. Each grass blade has its drop of dew. The wild birds lay up no stores but Heaven and Earth are wide.
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Confucius - 551 B.C. - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Confucius replied : Sir, what need is there of the death penalty in your system of government If you showed a sincere desire to be good, your people would likewise be good.
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Mencius - 371 B.C. - (Found June 29, 2008 )

A REAL MAN is one whose goodness is a part of himself. Of the qualities of the sage, none is greater than that of being a helper of men to right Living.
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Egyptian Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

A COMPLETE Story of Architecture would require to cover as great a period of time as the story of man himself, for architecture is coeval with man.
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Advertising And The Mailing List - (Found June 29, 2008 )

IF THIS book accomplishes nothing more than to bring home to its readers the supreme importance of the mailing list as a basis of any direct mail advertising success.
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Uses And Results Of Direct Mail Advertising - (Found June 29, 2008 )

While immense quantities of small merchandise are sold directly by mail without any personal solicitation or expense at all, it could hardly be expected that a contractor would make a major investment in equipment on mere advertising representation.
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Forms Of Direct Advertising - (Found June 29, 2008 )

BEFORE we consider the principal forms in which direct advertising is produced and used, it may be well to think for a moment of what it is all about.
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Advantages Of Direct Advertising - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THAT there are great advantages in the use of direct advertising is best indicated by the fact that within a few years the business has grown from practically nothing.
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On Writing Letters - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE letter is the primary form of direct advertising. It is the oldest, the most personal and the most individual of all forms of communication, save only oral speech.
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Paper For The Advertiser - (Found June 29, 2008 )

PAPER is now divided into various broad classifications by the customs of the trade. Of these the widest is the division between so-called fine and coarse papers.
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