Politics, Art, Religion : Page 271

nonsense," your wording will provoke resentment and heat. But if you say, "That statement has many great men to back it, but it is a pagan survival nonetheless," you are differing from the other respectfully. In some such way every disagreement ought to be introduced. One must not contradict people head on. A good conversationalist will look for some phase of his opponent's position with which he can agree before he will state his objection. He will point out any little plank of agreement in order to minimize the area of disagreement. In that way, the other will want to co-operate in decreasing the area still more.