Word: pleaders
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...speak but as foreman of the jury, a jury which has been empaneled from men who have devoted a lifetime to weighing the evidence. To the best of my ability I have avoided, in laying before you the evidence on which our verdict was found, the role of special pleader, being content to follow Darwin's own example-Let the truth speak for itself!" Having congratulated the president upon a masterful pronouncement, British science listened to further addresses...
...second article is that the teacher should not be special pleader for the beliefs correctly accepted by conservative opinion. His work is to investigate investigate moss-grown prejudices, his duty to present those solutions of fundamental problems which their fathers tested and rejected. For times change and new conditions may bring up to date what was once thought impractical...
Dodging classes is a popular pastime in some college circles, and the favorite exit is via the doctor's office. Sign-offs for illness are of necessity easy to obtain; a red-nosed, be handkerchiefed pleader who coughs with any degree of sincerity can usually prevail over the most wary doctor. The ethics of such a procedure is debatable; but with regular classes closed, that question does not concern us seriously at this moment. More important is the opposite attitude, that of the man whose devotion to his work keeps him mixing with his neighbors regardless of his health...