Word: homeliest
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...entered into the sport with much spirit. After music the first thing was the presentation of the Mirror, a suggestive present to the best looking fellow in the class, by the one upon whom nature has wreaked her vengeance to such an extent as to make him the homeliest. In the Presentation of Honors of '86, the homely man failed to appear, so a committee was sent after him. He was found in his room but no inducement could bring him out, for, said he, "even if I am homely, I am strong, and you will need a larger crowd...
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...