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I have reprimanded him for his negligence, although he did right in coming at once to me to report his failure.— The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective
In some people a heinous negligence, and in others a culpable apathy is evinced with respect to the principles their conduct is implanting.— Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. ; Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries.
"If I am detained here through their negligence, they must make the best excuse they can.— Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
Nor does this conception really weaken the motive to diligence; for if any one should slacken in his efforts to serve the Lord on the ground that a great degree of negligence, although it may diminish his reward, does not imperil his safety, this very thing would conclusively prove that he has no part in Christ.— The Parables of Our Lord
It fits our very natures Some one has said: "It is a race between negligence and ignorance as to which can make the more trouble Many a young man is being kept down by what probably seems a small thing to him--negligence, lack of accuracy.— Pushing to the Front

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