Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ought to get rich by honorable Christian methods; and these are the only methods that sweep us quickly toward the goal of riches...
...same reply was made by Moses. The same was made by Luther, Calvin, Knox. The same was made in unmistakable language by Pius IX, in the last Century: "It is an error to assert that the Church ought to be separated from the State and the State from the Church...
...Psychoanalysts, if any operate on a big scale, ought to look into that United States-Prince of Wales complex...
...special interest in the Far East is a question that will not alter our attitude toward the new Ambassador. We welcome a man who comes to our country with a clean, white sheet of paper, free of experience. He may be freer to do what he believes ought to be done...
...power of a judge is very real, his responsibilities are very great, and his qualifications should be very high. "He is supposed," writes Judge Wells in his thoughtful book, The Man In Court (Putnam), "to know the law, at least he ought to know court procedure and the law of his state thereon by heart. In New York State, for example, the Code of Civil Procedure is 500,000 words long. He is bound to take judicial notice without being told of all the statutes of the State Legislature, which are being passed at the rate of 600 a year...