Word: homeliest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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When the class honors were distributed, the jack-knife was awarded to him. The jack-knife, it seems, was given, nominally, to the homeliest man in the class. In Wright's case, however, it was a mark of appreciation. Twenty-five dollars was voted to him, which he in vain tried to spend on a knife...
...acquainted with. To those distrusting their ability to make a success at the bar, feeling a want of eloquence and facility in speaking, he gives a word of encouragement. "Eloquence is not to be got by mere high-sounding words. It often makes itself felt in the plainest and homeliest terms, speaking from the heart to the heart." The ready speaker who indulges in rhetorical displays produces as much effect as fire-works, which they so much resemble, receiving attention and admiration but for a moment. The slow, careful, consistent thinker, who proceeds in a methodical way to prove...