Word: honest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this case any such considerations would be out of place. This is by no means the first instance of the Bursar's swinging his unofficial whip. It is only a year ago or less that he turned out a student from his room, which was obtained in an honest manner, and advertised the room to let. But for the timely action of the President, who ordered the Bursar to give the room back to the occupant, the latter would have been obliged to undergo all the annoyances that follow any "misunderstanding" of the Bursar. But in the case...
...near. Let the vacation serve as a time for good resolves, and when we come back from our week's enjoyment let all our athletes and would-be athletes begin work with renewed vigor and an earnest determination not to let the cup slip from our hands without an honest effort to retain...
...jumped as if he had been shot, and cried, "The devil!" so emphatically that he frightened the honest Hibernian half out of her wits. I quieted her by revealing in a whisper his identity, and told her that I thought from his actions be did not like children, - that great men never did. He frowned savagely thereupon, and, turning his back to us all, gazed persistently at the flying landscape until we arrived at our destination. Then I linked my arm in his, and held him firmly, although I saw he was in a poetic frenzy, for he was swearing...
...that no Unitarian or Universalist can, with self respect, join the society - for such could be members not by virtue of a clean-cut statement of the constitution, but by its "fair" interpretation, which means by twisting it. This I charge, and I am told that I am honest and fair, but - contradict myself! Not a single argument is brought to overthrow my position. I contradict myself! What if I contradict myself a hundred times, does this disprove the fact that the "slight" change in the amendment was only a sop thrown to the conservative members to stop their opposition...
...whole matter into a nutshell: why did not the Brethren, if they are to be considered liberal, make a straightforward, honest statement of their position, that they were henceforth willing to admit Liberal Christians without reserve? A society that stands pledged for the highest morality ought to have moral courage enough to define its position about membership fairly and squarely, and not leave its constitution so that it can be twisted any way, both to satisfy its exclusive tendency, and to preserve before the public the reputation of being liberal...