Word: falsehood
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...temperament: a poet, above all, of keen susceptibilities and sympathies; gifted, furthermore, with a remarkable creative power in English expression, especially in extempore speech, pungent, vivid, finding always--if sometimes he had to make it--the fit word; impetuous, generous, the soul of honor, scornful of meanness and falsehood, swift in thought and manner, too swift at times for sluggish wits...
...leave all to Him. He will reveal these mysteries at some future time. It we are bewildered by the abundance of strife and sin in the world, let us recollect that the kingdom of which Christ is the foundation can not be swept away by the tempests of falsehood and disbelief. The day is coming when strife and sin shall be no more, and the perfect light of love shall prevail over the world...
...article in the "Boston Post," I feel that my indignation at the articles published led me to too violent statements. In the first place, the "Post" was not the only one of the Boston papers deserving of criticism. In the second place, I should substitute "exaggerated" for "'rank' falsehood" and I have been convinced that the man who wrote the article was misinformed as to certain facts in the case and erred unintentionally...
...same table at Randall Hall, with the gentleman referred to, and knew him slightly, I can certainly say that this article is mostly one of rank falsehood. He may have had vegetarian notions about diet, but his illness was most certainly not brought on by lack of good food, in any sense of the word. He was a bright clever fellow and never showed any peculiarities in manner or dress. It is a shame that publicity has been made of his slight breakdown in health, an occurrence that is by no means uncommon to a comparatively large percentage...