Word: fleshed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...public having, as it were, pick eaten my my flesh, seems now resolved to pick my bones...
Samuel Butler observed that most good Christians of his day would have been deeply shocked if they had ever encountered anyone who took Christianity seriously. But there are even now people who believe that the example of Christ is not past the flesh to follow; indeed, that it is an example well worth the scrutiny of the U. S. business man. These people, many of them members of Evangelical Churches, have hitherto worked in Sunday Schools, Bible Classes, Universities, asking the question long ago put forward by Charles Sheldon, author of In His Steps?"What would happen if we took...
Hence the first meeting was a surprise to Mr. Fradd. It was not necessary to adjourn to a larger hall. No milling herd of flesh waited to be divided into sections. No, they were easily taken care of all three of them...
...keen observer who can chart and explain this sudden disappearance of high living, this rise of ascetic and meager lunches. The men at Hemenway wonder whether such a spectator is not even now writing a book on the subject. Its title, of course, will be "The Weigh of All Flesh...
...college heavyweights will be given their first chance this year to get rid of surplus flesh when Mr. N. W. Fradd throws open his 4 o'clock class to men above 185 pounds in weight...