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THE ABILITY TO JUDGE OF ANNIE JUMP CANNON

ABILITY TO JUDGE

Try to understand the facts of a situation before you judge. Evaluate things on an open-minded, unprejudiced basis and be willing to change your mind.

DEFINITION Ability is the power or skill to do something.

To judge is to form an opinion or conclusion about some- thing after careful thought. When you judge something, you examine the facts of the situation and decide based on those facts. WORD ORIGIN Ability comes from the Latin habilitas , from habilis “able.” Take responsibility and ability will follow. Judge comes from the Latin jus , “law” and dicere , “to say.”

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