Word: generously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that I am placed so well, That you have made my freedom so complete ; That I'm no slave of whistle, clock or bell, Nor weak-eyed prisoner of wall and street. . . . Let me be easy on the man that's down; Let me be square and generous with all. I'm careless sometimes. Lord, when I'm in town, But never let 'em say I'm mean or small! . . . Just keep an eye on all that's done and said And right me, sometimes, when I turn aside, And guide...
...year ago Harry Payne Whitney, generous turfman, sold four horses for a song, because Ogden Mills and Ogden Mills' sister (Mrs. Henry C. Phipps) were his good friends, because he wished them luck with their new Wheatley Stables. One of the four yearlings, a slender bay colt with a reckless eye, bore the name of Dice...
...would gladly vote to give them this deserved increase, were the moneys from which it would be paid not the Government's but my own. . . . "Today, however, we must choose between wisdom and prodigality with the public funds. What the Government refuses to do is to be easily generous with the money of others. It is odious and ridiculous, to accuse the Minister of Finance Poincare of lacking in generosity. . . ." M. Poincaré then pointed out that he had "generously" included in the budget the customary appropriation for pensions. Next, bold, he virtually dared the Chamber to force...
...thus predicted, the Ambassador did resign. He called on President Coolidge at Custer Park, requested relief from his post in a formal letter: "It is with deepest regret. . . has been a great privilege . . . great honor. . . your wise comprehension. . . unfailing kindness . . . generous support . . . . With my earnest wishes for health and strength in the carrying on of your great burdens . . . ." To which the President replied: "Your formal letter . . . has been received. . . . Your services. . . able and distinguished. . . sincere appreciation . . . courage and ability . . . I shall always feel under obligations to you. . . ." Relieved, the Ambassador remained at the State Lodge for a few days, planned...
...fell back on bare-faced bed time simplicity when his spirit drooped. It is readable because the legions of sentences are compact and brisk of pace, the characters "stay put" and the antiCapitalistic sermon at the end only lasts a paragraph. Nevertheless, even so ardent a Socialist and generous a man as Floyd Dell must be suspected of gentle hypocrisy when he declares of Oil!: "I can hardly tear myself away from...