Word: condescending
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...Should I prove, by the direct evidence of righteous men, that some prominent citizen is an honest, faithful patriot, no printing press is so mean as to condescend to print it. But should I call a train robber to testify to hearsay that robs a dead man of his honor old Gutenberg immediately hands me his largest, blackest headline type...
...Lampy to condescend to ask the Record Owl to criticise him favorably or otherwise for the enlightenment of the assembled multitude is another proof of the mutual good feeling which exists between the ancient rivals. Moreover, inasmuch as the Big Game issue refrains so kindly from blowing the foam of Yale's sour beer in her face, it is only just that I refrain from similar Menckvenism about what is really a most creditable number...
Harvard has been divided in this campaign, but not noncommittal. Harvard has always been inclined to condescend toward national politics, and to view all candidates, as we should say in France, from high to below. The Nomad remembers watching the Harvard classes as they filed past in the great torchlight parade in favor of Blaine in 1884. There was a tendency in the banners to lampoon all three of the candidates for the Presidency--Blaine, Cleveland and Butler; and this tendency was greatly emphasized when the class of '88 came along with a three-sided transparency--on one side...
With examinations almost over and diplomas almost in hand, but one cloud remains to darken the Seniors' horizon. What shall be done with the furniture which they have cared for and carved for four bright years? A second-hand dealer or a janitor can often be found who will condescend to remove mahogany desks and brass bedsteads with comparatively little expense to the owner. But aside from the fear that cherished heirlooms of college days may not receive the treatment to which they are accustomed is the knowledge that one's pocket-book has not profited by the transaction...
...young writers to be ambitious to consider subjects which lie outside of their little life experiences, and to which they can at best impart but a supperficial atmosphere? To be concrete, college literature tends to be too ambitious. If the undergradate aspirant would narrow his point of view and condescend to smaller subjects which form a part of his everyday life, and to which if he only knew it he could do justice, not only would the standard in that line of work be raised, but college literature would, so to speak, take off its disguise and appear...