Word: contemptable
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...nothing, to express our wisdom, like the owl, by our looks. The owl, throughout all history, has been distinguished for its dignified silence. When the ancients conferred upon it the proud title of the "Bird of Wisdom," they knew well what were the outward characteristics of wisdom. "Familiarity breeds contempt," says the old proverb, and the man who makes himself common by overmuch speaking will find an unpleasant confirmation of its truth...
...remarkable for their strictness of life are seldom, if ever, taunted with the charge of exclusiveness. The good effect of such a state of feeling upon those who are to become ministers is almost incalculable. No bigoted or "priggish" character can be fostered in one who, without contempt or distrust, associates freely with men of all degrees of "goodness," and of many forms of belief...
...friend? No; I could, in that case, call upon this fellow and gently remonstrate with him, and he, of course, would immediately desist. But now, even if I had the courage to expostulate with my neighbors, which I confess I have not, I should probably meet with discourtesy and contempt. Now I am not particularly troubled because the man next door keeps a very large dog. If he enjoys it, and the raw meat is not too expensive, I am not concerned. But when that dog bowls in loud and dismal tones late into the night, I begin to wish...
...please copy"; or, "Courant and Record, here is an example which you will do well to follow." The Courant is especially vexed, and proposes to wait with Christian calmness for the hair-pulling which cannot be avoided after our second number. It also takes occasion to express the withering contempt with which the Courant, from its little pedestal, views the country colleges. "Feeling secure of the support of the only tribunal for which we have the least regard, the sympathy of the members of Yale College, we snap our fingers, as we have ever done, in the faces of Squashville...