Word: honourable
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...more than peace. To the mass of men this refusal is, in the fullest sense of the word, damnable Nor can those who would decline to give their own lives, or to express it perhaps more fairly, take another's, in defense, shall we say, of a woman's honour be justifiably either surprised or offended when harsh terms are applied to them. In my opinion, whatever their sincerity, to call them martyrs would be a profanation of a noble word. Nor, if I believed that persecution could eradicate a belief, should I feel particularly sorry to see pacifists persecute...
...beautiful a thing is judgment for gray hairs and for elders to know counsel! How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and thought and counsel to men that are in honour! Much experience is the crown of old men; and their glorying is the fear of the Lord...
...difficult to comprehend the type of student who has neither regard for property rights nor the code of honour among users of the University Library. Even more does the lack of any sense of value displayed by these Vandals challenge explanation. At its best, this sort of thing is reminiscent of the penciled moustache on the High School statue of Apollo; at its worst it approaches the mentality of the urchin who chalks his meagre store of profanity on fences and telegraph poles...
...charging slip. These and other similar tricks are easily invented by men without a sense of fair play, and they cannot be altogether prevented except by such elaborate precautions as would quite change the character of the Reading Room administration. They cannot be permitted, however, among men of honour, and I am giad to be assured that general student opinion unhesitatingly condemns them...
...most beautiful tributes he ever paid was to one of them. In a note prefacing his last volume he mentioned the help given him by my classmate, the late Frederic Schenck and in conclusion wrote: "If I felt sure that the book deserved such honour it should be dedicated to his brave and happy memory." Of the many gracious things that Mr. Wendell has said probably none reveals so clearly the modesty, the utter absence of smug self-satisfaction, that was perhaps the most endearing quality of the teacher...