Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Contempt of Court, Criminal and Civil," by J. H. Beale, Jr., '82; "Reasonableness of Maximum Rates as a Constitutional Limitation upon Rate Regulation," by F. M. Cobb; "Right of a Stockholder, Suing in Behalf of a Corporation, to Complain of Misdeeds Occurring Prior to His Acquisition of Stock," by M. Sea songood...
...think it is rather the result of generations of individual thought and action which have made Harvard stand for what it does today. For the newspaper notoriety which our disagreements invariably gain, we are not to blame except as they originate from Harvard men, and renewed expressions of contempt in these cases are hardly necessary...
...University. We do not speak entirely of those self-sufficient students who pride themselves on the fact that they have never been inside Appleton Chapel, or seen the stained windows in Memorial. Nor can we admit in this case the entire truth of the adage that familiarity breeds contempt. It is more probable the somewhat confined routine of University life and the busy rush of undergraduate activities, which close a man's eyes to the picturesqueness and interest of his environments...
...England and America the divorce of drama and literature, the contempt of the men of letters, the absence of pride, the elevation of incompetent "stars," the poor translation of foreign drama, the lack of a national dramatic school and theatre, and the mistaken point of view of the clergy and the public have caused the great lack of permanent dramatic literature. The English people are either amusement seeking, moderately indifferent or religiously hos- tile to the stage. In spite of all opposition the drama will always exist. Why, then, is it not better to enlist the energy of the cultured...
...frequently met with. The former, attitude, characteristic of blase travellers in pursuit of novel experiences, is directly opposite to the spirit of the traveller St. Paul, whose benevolent sympathy yearned for the enlightenment of his brothers. The latter spirit is often found in missionaries who adopt a fashionable contempt, often disparaging and villifying the people whom they are pretending to raise. It is their narrow mindedness which causes them to apply to foreign religions the comparatively local and conventional standards of the West. We will find that in many cases the Oriental secretiveness so often complained of by our missionaries...