Word: abject
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will tend more to preserve peace on this continent than the resolute assertion of the Monroe Doctrine; let us make this present case serve as an object lesson, once for all. Nothing will more certainly in the end produce war than to invite European aggressions on American states by abject surrender of our principles. By a combination of indifference on the part of most of our people, a spirit of eager servility toward England in another smaller portion, and a base desire to avoid the slightest financial loss even at the cost of the loss of national honor...
...this time His friends were few, while His enemies were constantly increasing in numbers. The night was upon Him but He looked forward to the dawn. It was this hopeful, confidant spirit which the early Christians received from Christ, a feeling that even in the midst of the most abject misery and depravity, if they only waited long enough the morning was sure to come...